Vulnerability CVE-2018-5181


Published: 2018-06-11

Description:
If a URL using the "file:" protocol is dragged and dropped onto an open tab that is running in a different child process the tab will open a local file corresponding to the dropped URL, contrary to policy. One way to make the target tab open more reliably in a separate process is to open it with the "noopener" keyword. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.

Type:

CWE-200

(Information Exposure)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Mozilla -> Firefox 
Canonical -> Ubuntu linux 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104139
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040896
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1424107
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3645-1/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/

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