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Summary
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 59.0.3. Affected is an unknown function of the component CSP. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-5164. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 59.0.3 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component CSP. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity.
The bug was discovered 05/09/2018. The weakness was released 05/09/2018 by Christian Holler (Basti) as MFSA 2018-11 as confirmed security advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-5164 since 01/03/2018. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 109867 (Mozilla Firefox < 60 Multiple Critical Vulnerabilities (macOS)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370938 (Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities (mfsa2018-11 and mfsa2018-12)).
Upgrading to version 60.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (109867), SecurityFocus (BID 104139†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1040896†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-117589, VDB-117590, VDB-117591 and VDB-117592. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.
Product
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.2VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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NVD Base Score: 6.1
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Exploiting
Class: Cross site scriptingCWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 109867
Nessus Name: Mozilla Firefox < 60 Multiple Critical Vulnerabilities (macOS)
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OpenVAS ID: 63368
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox Security Updates(mfsa_2018-11_2018-12)-Windows
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Firefox 60.0
Timeline
01/03/2018 🔍05/09/2018 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: mozilla.orgProduct: mozilla.org
Advisory: MFSA 2018-11
Researcher: Christian Holler (Basti)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-5164 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-5164
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-117611
SecurityFocus: 104139 - Mozilla Firefox MFSA2018-11 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1040896
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Entry
Created: 05/11/2018 10:45 AMUpdated: 03/11/2023 05:06 PM
Changes: 05/11/2018 10:45 AM (77), 02/04/2020 01:33 PM (10), 03/11/2023 05:06 PM (4)
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