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CVE-2018-5170

It is possible to spoof the filename of an attachment and display an arbitrary attachment name.

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
4.3
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.7%
percentile 77%
Public exploits
0
none known

It is possible to spoof the filename of an attachment and display an arbitrary attachment name. This could lead to a user opening a remote attachment which is a different file type than expected. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8 and Thunderbird < 52.8.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.70% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.04.3CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD2.04.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • Mozilla Thunderbird ESR
  • Mozilla Thunderbird

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2018:1726 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.mozilla.org /show_bug.cgi?id=1411732 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/201811-13 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • mozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • usn.ubuntu.com /3660-1/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1040946 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00013.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2018:1725 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2018/dsa-4209 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred

Sources

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