CVE-2018-6152
The implementation of the Page.downloadBehavior backend unconditionally marked downloaded files as safe, regardless of file type in Google…
- 9.6CriticalCVSS base score
- 1.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 29% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The implementation of the Page.downloadBehavior backend unconditionally marked downloaded files as safe, regardless of file type in Google Chrome prior to 66.0.3359.117 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page and user interaction.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Chrome
- 11 months later
· 11 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 29% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.6.
Affected products
References
6
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://crbug.com/805445 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:2282 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- GLSA-201808-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- DSA-4256 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 104887 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-17915 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2018-6152)Record last updated .