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Vulnerability details: VCID-en9y-w64g-aaaa
Vulnerability ID VCID-en9y-w64g-aaaa
Aliases CVE-2018-18497
Summary Limitations on the URIs allowed to WebExtensions by the browser.windows.create API can be bypassed when a pipe in the URL field is used within the extension to load multiple pages as a single argument. This could allow a malicious WebExtension to open privileged about: or file: locations. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 64.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 9.0
Risk 4.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
CWE-270 Privilege Context Switching Error
CWE-552 Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties
System Score Found at
generic_textual Medium http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2018/CVE-2018-18497.html
cvssv3 6.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-18497.json
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rhbs medium https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1696112
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-18497
cvssv3 3.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18497
cvssv3 6.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18497
archlinux Critical https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-833
generic_textual Low https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3844-1
generic_textual critical https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-29
generic_textual Medium https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-29/#CVE-2018-18497
generic_textual Medium https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-29/
Reference id Reference type URL
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2018/CVE-2018-18497.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-18497.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-18497
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1488180
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-18497
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3844-1
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3844-1/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-29/#CVE-2018-18497
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-29/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106167
1696112 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1696112
ASA-201812-9 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201812-9
AVG-833 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-833
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2018-18497 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18497
mfsa2018-29 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-29
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-18497.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18497
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18497
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.55800
EPSS Score 0.00179
Published At Nov. 1, 2024, midnight
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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