CVE-2018-5176

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.1
Description
The JSON Viewer displays clickable hyperlinks for strings that are parseable as URLs, including "javascript:" links. If a JSON file contains malicious JavaScript script embedded as "javascript:" links, users may be tricked into clicking and running this code in the context of the JSON Viewer. This can allow for the theft of cookies and authorization tokens which are accessible to that context. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-5176
  • Assigner
  • security@mozilla.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-06-11T21:29:16
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-08-03T15:40:24
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: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
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 60.0
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • 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:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 6.1
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 2.7
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/ Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1442840 Issue Tracking Permissions Required Vendor Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3645-1/ Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040896 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104139 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5176
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-5176
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:40:25 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 07:55:52 2018-06-11T21:29Z 2018-06-11T21:29:16 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 07:55:52 2018-08-03T15:40:24 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 07:55:52 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated