CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-5115
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-06-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
If an HTTP authentication prompt is triggered by a background network request from a page or extension, it is displayed over the currently loaded foreground page. Although the prompt contains the real domain making the request, this can result in user confusion about the originating site of the authentication request and may cause users to mistakenly send private credential information to a third party site. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 58.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox (<= 57.0.4)
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 17.10
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102786 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1409449 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3544-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/ Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102786 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1409449 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3544-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/ Vendor Advisory