CVE-2018-12397

CVSS V2 Low 3.6 CVSS V3 High 7.1
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-12397
  • Assigner
  • security@mozilla.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2019-02-28T18:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-03-01T15:00:30
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-200 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 63.0
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 60.3.0
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 3.6
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 4.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 7.1
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.2
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-27/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-26/ Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1487478 Issue Tracking Permissions Required Vendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4324 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3801-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-04 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00008.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3006 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3005 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041944 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105718 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12397
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12397
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:57:21 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 17:45:19 2019-02-28T18:29Z 2019-02-28T18:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 17:45:19 2019-03-01T15:00:30 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 17:45:19 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated