CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-12397
7.1 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2019-02-28
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 3.6 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
A WebExtension can request access to local files without the warning prompt stating that the extension will "Access your data for all websites" being displayed to the user. This allows extensions to run content scripts in local pages without permission warnings when a local file is opened. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.3 and Firefox < 63.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox (< 60.3.0)
• mozilla firefox (< 63.0)
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux server 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux server 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.5
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0
• debian debian linux 8.0
• debian debian linux 9.0
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 18.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 18.10
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105718 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041944 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3005 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3006 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1487478 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00008.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-04 Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3801-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4324 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-26/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-27/ Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105718 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041944 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3005 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3006 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1487478 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00008.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-04 Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3801-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4324 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-26/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-27/ Vendor Advisory