PT-2018-3043 · Mozilla+3 · Firefox+3

Abdulrahman Alqabandi · Published 2018-05-09 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2018-5169

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Firefox versions prior to 60

Description The issue is related to errors when dragging and dropping a hyperlink with a "chrome:" URL on the "home" icon. This can lead to the home page being reset to include a normally unlinkable chrome page as one of the home page tabs. The vulnerability can be exploited by a remote attacker to impact the integrity of protected information.

Recommendations For versions prior to 60, update to version 60 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the drag and drop action of hyperlinked text with "chrome:" URL on the "home" icon until a patch is available. Restrict access to sensitive information to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-1787

ALT-PU-2018-1854

BDU:2019-03511

CVE-2018-5169

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

SUSE-SU-2019:2872-1

USN-3645-1

USN-3645-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Firefox

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 1931

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-5169 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/#CVE-2018-5169 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2019:2872-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5182 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5157 · Vendor Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3645-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5160 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5154 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3645-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5159 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5177 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5158 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5169 · Vendor Advisory