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Vulnerability details: VCID-qwss-guxt-aaaq
Vulnerability ID VCID-qwss-guxt-aaaq
Aliases CVE-2018-5172
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 9.0
Risk 4.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
System Score Found at
generic_textual Medium http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2018/CVE-2018-5172.html
cvssv3 4.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-5172.json
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rhbs medium https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1576271
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-5172
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5172
cvssv3 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5172
archlinux Critical https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-693
generic_textual Medium https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3645-1
generic_textual critical https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11
generic_textual Medium https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/#CVE-2018-5172
cvssv3.1 8.8 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040896
generic_textual HIGH http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040896
Reference id Reference type URL
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2018/CVE-2018-5172.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-5172.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-5172
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1436482
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-5172
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3645-1
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3645-1/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/#CVE-2018-5172
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104139
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040896
1576271 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1576271
ASA-201805-10 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201805-10
AVG-693 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-693
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:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*
CVE-2018-5172 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5172
mfsa2018-11 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-5172.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: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5172
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:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5172
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:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040896
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 0.64586
EPSS Score 0.00257
Published At Dec. 17, 2024, midnight
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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