CVE-2018-5138

Severity Score

5.3

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

A spoofing vulnerability can occur when a malicious site with an extremely long domain name is opened in an Android Custom Tab (a browser panel inside another app) and the default browser is Firefox for Android. This could allow an attacker to spoof which page is actually loaded and in use. Note: this issue only affects Firefox for Android. Other versions and operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 59.

Una vulnerabilidad de suplantación puede ocurrir cuando un sitio malicioso con un nombre de dominio extremadamente largo se abre en una pestaña personalizada de Android (un panel de navegador dentro de otra aplicación) y el navegador predeterminado es Firefox para Android. Esto permite que un atacante suplante la página que está en realidad cargada y en uso. Nota: este problema sólo afecta a Firefox para Android. Las demás versiones y sistemas operativos no se ven afectados. Esta vulnerabilidad afecta a las versiones anteriores a la 59 de Firefox.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2018-01-03 CVE Reserved
2018-06-11 CVE Published
2023-11-02 EPSS Updated
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103386	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040514	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1432624	2018-08-08
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-06	2018-08-08

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"	< 59.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " < 59.0"	-	Affected	in	Google Search vendor "Google"	Android Search vendor "Google" for product "Android"	-	-	Safe