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CVE-2025-1915: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in DevTools in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 134.0.6998.35 allowed an attacker who...

Description

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in DevTools in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 134.0.6998.35 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass file access restrictions via a crafted Chrome Extension. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-1915

Problem Types

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

Affected Products

Vendor: Google

Product: Chrome

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.03% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 4.79% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-04-02 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1915
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2025/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/391114799

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