CVE-2018-5141

CVSS V2 Medium 6.4 CVSS V3 High 8.2
Description
A vulnerability in the notifications Push API where notifications can be sent through service workers by web content without direct user interaction. This could be used to open new tabs in a denial of service (DOS) attack or to display unwanted content from arbitrary URLs to users. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 59.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-5141
  • Assigner
  • security@mozilla.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-06-11T21:29:14
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-08-02T19:24:20
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 59.0
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:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.4
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 4.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.2
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 4.2
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-06/ Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1429093 Permissions Required
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3596-1/ Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040514 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103386 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5141
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-5141
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:40:35 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 07:54:02 2018-06-11T21:29Z 2018-06-11T21:29:14 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 07:54:02 2018-08-02T19:24:20 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 07:54:02 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated