CVE-2018-18494

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.5

Description

A same-origin policy violation allowing the theft of cross-origin URL entries when using the Javascript location property to cause a redirection to another site using performance.getEntries(). This is a same-origin policy violation and could allow for data theft. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.4, Firefox ESR < 60.4, and Firefox < 64.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2018-18494

Assigner
security@mozilla.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2019-02-28T18:29:01

Last Modified Date
2019-03-11T15:09:35

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-346	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/346.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::	1	OR	64.0
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr::::::::	1	OR	60.4.0
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::	1	OR	60.4.0
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
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_aus:7.6:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:::::::*	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

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
4.3

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
REQUIRED

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
6.5

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
2.8

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-31/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-30/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-29/	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1487964	Issue Tracking Permissions Required Vendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4362	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4354	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3868-1/	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3844-1/	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00002.html	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0160	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0159	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3833	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3831	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106168	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-04	Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18494
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-18494

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 07:54:53				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 17:45:57	2019-02-28T18:29Z	2019-02-28T18:29:01	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-03 17:45:57		2019-03-11T15:09:35	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-03 17:45:57		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated