Vulnerability CVE-2018-5141: Information

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.

Severity: HIGH (8.2) Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Published: June 12, 2018
Modified: Aug. 2, 2018
Error type identifier: CWE-20

Fixed packages

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Hyperlink
Resource
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-06/
  • Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1429093
  • Permissions Required
USN-3596-1
  • Third Party Advisory
1040514
  • Third Party Advisory
  • VDB Entry
103386
  • Third Party Advisory
  • VDB Entry
    1. Configuration 1

      cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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      59.0

      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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*