Vulnerability CVE-2018-12399


Published: 2019-02-28

Description:
When a new protocol handler is registered, the API accepts a title argument which can be used to mislead users about which domain is registering the new protocol. This may result in the user approving a protocol handler that they otherwise would not have. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 63.

Type:

CWE-287

(Improper Authentication)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Mozilla -> Firefox 
Canonical -> Ubuntu linux 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105721
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041944
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1490276
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3801-1/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-26/

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