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CVE-2018-20073

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-06-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Use of extended attributes in downloads in Google Chrome prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed a local attacker to read download URLs via the filesystem.

Affected products

• Google Chrome: before 72.0.3626.81 — fixed in 72.0.3626.81

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 72.0.3626.81. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00057.html
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/733943
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00057.html
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/733943

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