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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 59.0.3 (Web Browser). Affected is an unknown code block of the component PDF Viewer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a origin validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-346. The product does not properly verify that the source of data or communication is valid. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The bug was discovered 05/09/2018. The weakness was disclosed 05/09/2018 by Ronald Crane (Alex) with Dell as MFSA 2018-11 as confirmed security advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-5157 since 01/03/2018. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 110130 (EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : firefox (EulerOS-SA-2018-1126)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Huawei 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 (110130), SecurityFocus (BID 104136†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1040896†). The entries VDB-117589, VDB-117590, VDB-117591 and VDB-117592 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.9VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7
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Exploiting
Class: Origin validationCWE: CWE-346 / CWE-345
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 110130
Nessus Name: EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : firefox (EulerOS-SA-2018-1126)
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OpenVAS ID: 61602
OpenVAS Name: Debian LTS Advisory ([SECURITY] [DLA 1376-1] firefox-esr security update)
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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: Ronald Crane (Alex)
Organization: Dell
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-5157 (🔍)
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SecurityFocus: 104136 - Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1040896
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Entry
Created: 05/11/2018 10:45 AMUpdated: 03/11/2023 05:13 PM
Changes: 05/11/2018 10:45 AM (78), 02/04/2020 01:40 PM (11), 03/11/2023 05:13 PM (4)
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