CVE-2018-18506

Mozilla: Proxy Auto-Configuration file can define localhost access to be proxied

Severity Score

5.9

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

When proxy auto-detection is enabled, if a web server serves a Proxy Auto-Configuration (PAC) file or if a PAC file is loaded locally, this PAC file can specify that requests to the localhost are to be sent through the proxy to another server. This behavior is disallowed by default when a proxy is manually configured, but when enabled could allow for attacks on services and tools that bind to the localhost for networked behavior if they are accessed through browsing. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 65.

Cuando la autodetección del proxy está habilitada, si un servidor web proporciona un archivo de autoconfiguración de proxy (PAC) o si dicho archivo se carga localmente, este último puede especificar peticiones al host local que están destinadas a enviarse a través del proxy hacia otro servidor. Este comportamiento está prohibido por defecto cuando un proxy se configura manualmente. Sin embargo, cuando éste está habilitado, podría permitir ataques en los servicios y las herramientas que se unen al host local para que se comporten como en una red si se accede a ellos mediante la navegación. Esta vulnerabilidad afecta a las versiones anteriores a la 65 de Firefox.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2018-10-19 CVE Reserved
2019-01-31 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2024-08-31 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CAPEC

References (23)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106773	Broken Link
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00024.html	Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00000.html	Mailing List
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/0	Mailing List
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/28	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00035.html	2023-03-17
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00043.html	2023-03-17
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00023.html	2023-03-17
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00043.html	2023-03-17
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0622	2023-03-17
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0623	2023-03-17
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0680	2023-03-17
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0681	2023-03-17
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0966	2023-03-17
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1144	2023-03-17
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-07	2023-03-17
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3874-1	2023-03-17
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3927-1	2023-03-17
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4411	2023-03-17
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4420	2023-03-17
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-01	2023-03-17
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18506	2019-05-13
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1690673	2019-05-13

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				< 65.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " < 65.0"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				14.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				16.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "16.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				18.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "18.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				18.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "18.10"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				9.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "9.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux"				8.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "8.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Desktop Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop"				6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Desktop Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop"				7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Eus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Eus"				8.1 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Eus" and version "8.1"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Eus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Eus"				8.2 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Eus" and version "8.2"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Eus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Eus"				8.4 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Eus" and version "8.4"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Eus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Eus"				8.6 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Eus" and version "8.6"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server"				6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server"				7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Aus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Aus"				7.6 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Aus" and version "7.6"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Aus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Aus"				8.2 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Aus" and version "8.2"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Aus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Aus"				8.4 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Aus" and version "8.4"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Aus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Aus"				8.6 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Aus" and version "8.6"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Eus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Eus"				7.6 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Eus" and version "7.6"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Tus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Tus"				7.6 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Tus" and version "7.6"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Tus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Tus"				8.2 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Tus" and version "8.2"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Tus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Tus"				8.4 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Tus" and version "8.4"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Tus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Tus"				8.6 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Tus" and version "8.6"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Workstation Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation"				6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Workstation Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation"				7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap"				15.0 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "15.0"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap"				42.3 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "42.3"		-		Affected