Unconditional Marking of Downloaded Files as Safe in Google Chrome Allows Sandbox Escape

CVE-2018-6152 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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