Mozilla Thunderbird/Thunderbird ESR up to 52.7 Lightweight Theme information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Mozilla Thunderbird and Thunderbird ESR up to 52.7. This affects an unknown part of the component Lightweight Theme. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2018-5162. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Thunderbird and Thunderbird ESR up to 52.7 (Mail Client Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Lightweight Theme. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Plaintext of decrypted emails can leak through the src attribute of remote images, or links. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8 and Thunderbird < 52.8.

The bug was discovered 05/18/2018. The weakness was presented 06/11/2018 by Damian Poddebniak (Basti) as Bug 1457721 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-5162 since 01/03/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 7 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 110109 (Oracle Linux 6 : thunderbird (ELSA-2018-1726)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 351295 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for thunderbird: ALAS2-2018-1032).

Upgrading to version 52.8 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (110109) and SecurityFocus (BID 104240†). See VDB-117589, VDB-117590, VDB-117591 and VDB-117596 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 110109
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 6 : thunderbird (ELSA-2018-1726)
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OpenVAS ID: 855357
OpenVAS Name: Ubuntu Update for thunderbird USN-3660-1
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Thunderbird/Thunderbird ESR 52.8

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01/03/2018 🔍
05/18/2018 +135 days 🔍
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05/25/2018 +7 days 🔍
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06/11/2018 +16 days 🔍
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03/22/2023 +1744 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 1457721
Researcher: Damian Poddebniak (Basti)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-5162 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-5162
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-119363

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SecurityFocus: 104240 - Mozilla Thunderbird Prior to 52.8 Multiple Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1040946

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/12/2018 10:19
Updated: 03/22/2023 14:26
Changes: 06/12/2018 10:19 (80), 02/18/2020 09:42 (6), 03/22/2023 14:26 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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