CVE-2018-5182

Name
CVE-2018-5182
Description
If a text string that happens to be a filename in the operating system's native format is dragged and dropped onto the addressbar the specified local file will be opened. This is contrary to policy and is what would happen if the string were the equivalent "file:" URL. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.
NVD Severity
medium
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1435908
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3645-1/
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040896
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104139

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* ubuntu_linux == None == 18.04
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ubuntu_linux == None == 17.10
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* ubuntu_linux == None == 16.04
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* ubuntu_linux == None == 14.04

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status