6.5med
CVE-2018-5169
If manipulated hyperlinked text with "chrome:" URL contained in it is dragged and dropped on the "home" icon, the home page can be reset to…
Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
6.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.3%
percentile 71%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
If manipulated hyperlinked text with "chrome:" URL contained in it is dragged and dropped on the "home" icon, the home page can be reset to include a normally-unlinkable chrome page as one of the home page tabs. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.32% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
References
- mozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- securitytracker.com /id/1040896 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
- usn.ubuntu.com /3645-1/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /bid/104139 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
- bugzilla.mozilla.org /show_bug.cgi?id=1319157 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2018-5169
- NVD: CVE-2018-5169
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