Google Chrome up to 67.0.3396.87 ServiceWorker HTML Page information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Google Chrome. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component ServiceWorker. The manipulation as part of HTML Page leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2018-6159. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Google Chrome (Web Browser). This issue affects an unknown code of the component ServiceWorker. The manipulation as part of a HTML Page leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Insufficient policy enforcement in ServiceWorker in Google Chrome prior to 68.0.3440.75 allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page.

The bug was discovered 07/24/2018. The weakness was presented 06/27/2019. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-6159 since 01/23/2018. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 111407 (FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (b9c525d9-9198-11e8-beba-080027ef1a23)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371097 (Google Chrome Prior To 68.0.3440.75 Multiple Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 68.0.3440.75 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (111407). See VDB-127496, VDB-128961, VDB-128962 and VDB-128963 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 111407
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (b9c525d9-9198-11e8-beba-080027ef1a23)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 68.0.3440.75

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01/23/2018 🔍
07/24/2018 +182 days 🔍
07/27/2018 +3 days 🔍
07/30/2018 +3 days 🔍
06/27/2019 +332 days 🔍
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07/17/2024 +1847 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: chromereleases.googleblog.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-6159 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-6159
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-136973

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OSVDB: - Google Chrome ServiceWorker security bypass

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/27/2019 22:00
Updated: 07/17/2024 06:23
Changes: 06/27/2019 22:00 (45), 06/28/2020 12:57 (28), 10/08/2023 18:39 (4), 07/17/2024 06:23 (17)
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