Mozilla Firefox up to 60 IPC Child Process File information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 60. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component IPC Child Process. This manipulation causes information disclosure (File). This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2018-12365. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 60 (Web Browser) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component IPC Child Process. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (File). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality.

The bug was discovered 06/26/2018. The weakness was published 06/26/2018 by Abdulrahman Alqabandi (OSS-Fuzz) as MFSA 2018-15 as confirmed security advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-12365 since 06/14/2018. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 111980 (Mozilla Thunderbird < 60.0 Multiple 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 351350 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for thunderbird: ALAS2-2018-1061).

Upgrading to version 61 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 (111980), SecurityFocus (BID 104560†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1041193†). Similar entries are available at VDB-120044, VDB-120045, VDB-120046 and VDB-120047. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Name: File
Class: Information disclosure / File
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 111980
Nessus Name: Mozilla Thunderbird < 60.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 61

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2018-15
Researcher: Abdulrahman Alqabandi (OSS-Fuzz)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-12365 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-12365
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-120055

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SecurityFocus: 104560 - Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1041193

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/28/2018 09:11
Updated: 03/29/2023 11:05
Changes: 06/28/2018 09:11 (78), 02/23/2020 08:14 (10), 03/29/2023 11:05 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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