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CVE-2018-5168

UNKNOWN
Published 2018-06-11T21:00:00
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Description

Sites can bypass security checks on permissions to install lightweight themes by manipulating the "baseURI" property of the theme element. This could allow a malicious site to install a theme without user interaction which could contain offensive or embarrassing images. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.8, Thunderbird ESR < 52.8, Firefox < 60, and Firefox ESR < 52.8.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

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Affected Products

Mozilla

Thunderbird

Affected Versions:

unspecified
Mozilla

Thunderbird ESR

Affected Versions:

unspecified
Mozilla

Firefox

Affected Versions:

unspecified
Mozilla

Firefox ESR

Affected Versions:

unspecified

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed MODERATE

GHSA-mc9q-rpjx-f8px

Advisory Details

Sites can bypass security checks on permissions to install lightweight themes by manipulating the "baseURI" property of the theme element. This could allow a malicious site to install a theme without user interaction which could contain offensive or embarrassing images. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.8, Thunderbird ESR < 52.8, Firefox < 60, and Firefox ESR < 52.8.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5168
WEB https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13
WEB https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-12
WEB https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11
WEB https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4209
WEB https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4199
WEB https://usn.ubuntu.com/3660-1
WEB https://usn.ubuntu.com/3645-1
WEB https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13
WEB https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01
WEB https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00013.html
WEB https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00007.html
WEB https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1449548
WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726
WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1725
WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1415
WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1414
WEB http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104136
WEB http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040896

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 13, 2022, Modified: May 13, 2022

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1415
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1414
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3660-1/
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040896
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4199
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3645-1/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00013.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00007.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1725
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4209
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1449548
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-12/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104136
Published: 2018-06-11T21:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-05T05:26:46.983Z
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