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Google Chrome Vulnerability: CVE-2018-16088 User gesture requirement bypass

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Google Chrome Vulnerability: CVE-2018-16088 User gesture requirement bypass

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
01/09/2019
Created
03/19/2019
Added
01/31/2019
Modified
11/08/2023

Description

A missing check for JS-simulated input events in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 69.0.3497.81 allowed a remote attacker to download arbitrary files with no user input via a crafted HTML page.

Solution(s)

  • google-chrome-upgrade-latest

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