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Google Chrome Security Updates (stable-channel-update-for-desktop-2018-10) - Windows

🗓️ 17 Oct 2018 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AGType 
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Google Chrome Security Updates. Multiple vulnerabilities including sandbox escape, input validation error, buffer overflow, memory corruption, UI spoofing, and security UI occlusion. Successful exploitation allows bypassing security restrictions, executing arbitrary code, conducting spoofing attack, and causing denial of service

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:google:chrome";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.814094");
  script_version("2025-09-19T15:40:40+0000");
  script_xref(name:"CISA", value:"Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) catalog");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-5179", "CVE-2018-17477", "CVE-2018-17476", "CVE-2018-17475",
                "CVE-2018-17474", "CVE-2018-17473", "CVE-2018-17462", "CVE-2018-17471",
                "CVE-2018-17470", "CVE-2018-17469", "CVE-2018-17468", "CVE-2018-17467",
                "CVE-2018-17466", "CVE-2018-17465", "CVE-2018-17464", "CVE-2018-17463",
                "CVE-2018-20071");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-19 15:40:40 +0000 (Fri, 19 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2020-08-24 17:37:00 +0000 (Mon, 24 Aug 2020)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2018-10-17 10:35:08 +0530 (Wed, 17 Oct 2018)");
  script_name("Google Chrome Security Updates (stable-channel-update-for-desktop-2018-10) - Windows");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Google Chrome is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present
  on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Multiple flaws are due to:

  - Sandbox escape in AppCache.

  - An input validation error in V8.

  - Heap buffer overflow error in Little CMS in PDFium.

  - Multiple URL and UI spoofing errors in Omnibox and Extensions.

  - Multiple memory corruption errors in Angle and GPU Internals.

  - Multiple use after free errors in V8 and Blink.

  - Lack of limits on 'update' function in ServiceWorker.

  - Security UI occlusion in full screen mode.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow an attacker
  to bypass security restrictions, execute arbitrary code, conduct spoofing attack
  and cause denial of service condition.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Google Chrome version prior to 70.0.3538.67 on Windows.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Google Chrome version 70.0.3538.67
  or later. Please see the references for more information.");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("General");
  script_dependencies("gb_google_chrome_detect_win.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("GoogleChrome/Win/Ver");
  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE)) exit(0);
chr_ver = infos["version"];
chr_path = infos["location"];

if(version_is_less(version:chr_ver, test_version:"70.0.3538.67"))
{
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:chr_ver, fixed_version:"70.0.3538.67", install_path:chr_path);
  security_message(data:report);
  exit(0);
}
exit(99);

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