CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-12368
8.1 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-10-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
Windows 10 does not warn users before opening executable files with the SettingContent-ms extension even when they have been downloaded from the internet and have the "Mark of the Web." Without the warning, unsuspecting users unfamiliar with this new file type might run an unwanted executable. This also allows a WebExtension with the limited downloads.open permission to execute arbitrary code without user interaction on Windows 10 systems. *Note: this issue only affects Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60, Thunderbird < 52.9, Firefox ESR < 60.1, Firefox ESR < 52.9, and Firefox < 61.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox (< 61.0)
• mozilla firefox (>= 53.0 < 60.1.0)
• mozilla firefox esr (< 52.9)
• mozilla thunderbird (< 52.9)
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104560 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041193 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1468217 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://posts.specterops.io/the-tale-of-settingcontent-ms-files-f1ea253e4d39 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-16/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-17/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-18/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-19/ Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104560 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041193 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1468217 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://posts.specterops.io/the-tale-of-settingcontent-ms-files-f1ea253e4d39 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-16/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-17/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-18/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-19/ Vendor Advisory