Vulnerability CVE-2018-5111: Information

Description

When the text of a specially formatted URL is dragged to the addressbar from page content, the displayed URL can be spoofed to show a different site than the one loaded. This allows for phishing attacks where a malicious page can spoof the identify of another site. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 58.

Severity: MEDIUM (6.5) Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Published: June 12, 2018
Modified: June 25, 2018
Error type identifier: CWE-20

Fixed packages

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Hyperlink
Resource
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/
  • Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1321619
  • Issue Tracking
  • Permissions Required
USN-3544-1
  • Third Party Advisory
1040270
  • Third Party Advisory
  • VDB Entry
102786
  • Third Party Advisory
  • VDB Entry
    1. Configuration 1

      cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
      End including
      57.0.4

      Configuration 2

      cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

      cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

      cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*