CVE-2018-5172
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3645-2
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
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Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
The Live Bookmarks page and the PDF viewer can run injected script content if a user pastes script from the clipboard into them while viewing RSS feeds or PDF files. This could allow a malicious site to socially engineer a user to copy and paste malicious script content that could then run with the context of either page but does not allow for privilege escalation. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.
La página Live Bookmarks y el visor de PDF pueden ejecutar contenido de scripts inyectados si un usuario pega el script del portapapeles en ellos mientras visualiza fuentes RSS o archivos PDF. Esto podría permitir a un sitio malicioso realizar ingeniería social en un usuario para copiar y pegar contenido de secuencias de comandos maliciosos que podrían ejecutarse con el contexto de cualquiera de las páginas, pero que no permite el escalado de privilegios. Esta vulnerabilidad afecta a las versiones anteriores a la 60 de Firefox.
USN-3645-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update caused an issue where users experienced long UI pauses in some circumstances. This update fixes the problem. Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, bypass same-origin restrictions, conduct cross-site scripting attacks, install lightweight themes without user interaction, spoof the filename in the downloads panel, or execute arbitrary code. Various other issues were also addressed.
CVSS Scores
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Timeline
- 2018-01-03 CVE Reserved
- 2018-05-12 CVE Published
- 2024-08-05 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
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CWE
- CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CAPEC
References (4)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104139 | Third Party Advisory | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040896 | Third Party Advisory |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3645-1 | 2020-08-24 | |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11 | 2020-08-24 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 17.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "17.10" | - |
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| 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 |
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" | < 60.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " < 60.0" | - |
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