CVE-2018-5168
published 2018-06-11CVE-2018-5168: Sites can bypass security checks on permissions to install lightweight themes by manipulating the "baseURI" property of the theme element. This could allow a…
PriorityP425medium5.3CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNILAN
EPSS
2.38%
82.1th percentile
Sites can bypass security checks on permissions to install lightweight themes by manipulating the "baseURI" property of the theme element. This could allow a malicious site to install a theme without user interaction which could contain offensive or embarrassing images. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.8, Thunderbird ESR < 52.8, Firefox < 60, and Firefox ESR < 52.8.
Affected
41 ranges· showing 25
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | firefox | < firefox 60.0-1 (sid) | firefox 60.0-1 (sid) |
| debian | firefox-esr | < firefox 60.0-1 (sid) | firefox 60.0-1 (sid) |
| debian | thunderbird | < firefox 60.0-1 (sid) | firefox 60.0-1 (sid) |
| mozilla | firefox | < 52.8.0 | 52.8.0 |
| mozilla | firefox | < 60.0 | 60.0 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 0 < 60.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | 60.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 0 < 60.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | 60.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 0 < 60.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 | 60.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 0 < 60.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 | 60.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 0 < 60.0+build2-0ubuntu1 | 60.0+build2-0ubuntu1 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 0 < 60.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | 60.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= unspecified < 60 | 60 |
| mozilla | firefox_esr | >= unspecified < 52.8 | 52.8 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | < 52.8.0 | 52.8.0 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:52.8.0-1 | 1:52.8.0-1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:52.8.0-1 | 1:52.8.0-1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:52.8.0-1 | 1:52.8.0-1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:52.8.0-1 | 1:52.8.0-1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.05.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
osv9.8CRITICAL
vendor_ubuntu9.8CRITICAL
vendor_debian5.3MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.3MEDIUM
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Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2018-05-25·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2018-5150 [CRITICAL] Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Title: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.
Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context,
an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service
via application crash, install lightweight themes without user
interaction, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-5150, CVE-2018-5154,
CVE-2018-5155, CVE-2018-5159, CVE-2018-5168, CVE-2018-5178)
An issue was discovered when processing message headers in Thunderbird. If
a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message, an attacker
could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via
application hang. (CVE-2018-5161)
It was discovered encrypted messages coul
Ubuntu
Firefox regression
vendor_ubuntu·2018-05-18·CVSS 9.8
[CRITICAL] Firefox regression
Title: Firefox regression
Summary: USN-3645-1 caused a regression in Firefox.
USN-3645-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update caused an issue
where users experienced long UI pauses in some circumsances. This update
fixes the problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application
crash, bypass same-origin restrictions, conduct cross-site scripting (XSS)
attacks, install lightweight themes without user interaction, spoof the
filename in the downloads panel, or execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2018-5150, CVE-2018-5151, CVE-2018-5153, CVE-2018-5154,
CVE-2018-5155,
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2018-05-11·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2018-5150 [CRITICAL] Firefox vulnerabilities
Title: Firefox vulnerabilities
Summary: Firefox could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a malicious website.
Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application
crash, bypass same-origin restrictions, conduct cross-site scripting (XSS)
attacks, install lightweight themes without user interaction, spoof the
filename in the downloads panel, or execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2018-5150, CVE-2018-5151, CVE-2018-5153, CVE-2018-5154,
CVE-2018-5155, CVE-2018-5157, CVE-2018-5158, CVE-2018-5159, CVE-2018-5160,
CVE-2018-5163, CVE-2018-5164, CVE-2018-5168, CVE-2018-5173, CVE-2018-5175,
CVE-2018-5177, CVE-2018-5180)
Multip
Red Hat
Mozilla: Lightweight themes can be installed without user interaction
vendor_redhat·2018-05-09·CVSS 5.3
CVE-2018-5168 [MEDIUM] CWE-862 Mozilla: Lightweight themes can be installed without user interaction
Mozilla: Lightweight themes can be installed without user interaction
Sites can bypass security checks on permissions to install lightweight themes by manipulating the "baseURI" property of the theme element. This could allow a malicious site to install a theme without user interaction which could contain offensive or embarrassing images. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.8, Thunderbird ESR < 52.8, Firefox < 60, and Firefox ESR < 52.8.
Package: firefox (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8) - Not affected
Package: thunderbird (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2018-5168: firefox - Sites can bypass security checks on permissions to install lightweight themes by...
vendor_debian·2018·CVSS 5.3
CVE-2018-5168 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-5168: firefox - Sites can bypass security checks on permissions to install lightweight themes by...
Sites can bypass security checks on permissions to install lightweight themes by manipulating the "baseURI" property of the theme element. This could allow a malicious site to install a theme without user interaction which could contain offensive or embarrassing images. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.8, Thunderbird ESR < 52.8, Firefox < 60, and Firefox ESR < 52.8.
Scope: local
sid: resolved (fixed in 60.0-1)
GHSA
GHSA-mc9q-rpjx-f8px: Sites can bypass security checks on permissions to install lightweight themes by manipulating the "baseURI" property of the theme element
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2018-5168 [MEDIUM] GHSA-mc9q-rpjx-f8px: Sites can bypass security checks on permissions to install lightweight themes by manipulating the "baseURI" property of the theme element
Sites can bypass security checks on permissions to install lightweight themes by manipulating the "baseURI" property of the theme element. This could allow a malicious site to install a theme without user interaction which could contain offensive or embarrassing images. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.8, Thunderbird ESR < 52.8, Firefox < 60, and Firefox ESR < 52.8.
OSV
CVE-2018-5168: Sites can bypass security checks on permissions to install lightweight themes by manipulating the "baseURI" property of the theme element
osv·2018-06-11·CVSS 5.3
CVE-2018-5168 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-5168: Sites can bypass security checks on permissions to install lightweight themes by manipulating the "baseURI" property of the theme element
Sites can bypass security checks on permissions to install lightweight themes by manipulating the "baseURI" property of the theme element. This could allow a malicious site to install a theme without user interaction which could contain offensive or embarrassing images. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.8, Thunderbird ESR < 52.8, Firefox < 60, and Firefox ESR < 52.8.
OSV
thunderbird vulnerabilities
osv·2018-05-25·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2018-5150 [CRITICAL] thunderbird vulnerabilities
thunderbird vulnerabilities
Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context,
an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service
via application crash, install lightweight themes without user
interaction, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-5150, CVE-2018-5154,
CVE-2018-5155, CVE-2018-5159, CVE-2018-5168, CVE-2018-5178)
An issue was discovered when processing message headers in Thunderbird. If
a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message, an attacker
could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via
application hang. (CVE-2018-5161)
It was discovered encrypted messages could leak plaintext via the src
attribute of remote images or links. An
OSV
firefox regression
osv·2018-05-18·CVSS 9.8
[CRITICAL] firefox regression
firefox regression
USN-3645-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update caused an issue
where users experienced long UI pauses in some circumsances. This update
fixes the problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application
crash, bypass same-origin restrictions, conduct cross-site scripting (XSS)
attacks, install lightweight themes without user interaction, spoof the
filename in the downloads panel, or execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2018-5150, CVE-2018-5151, CVE-2018-5153, CVE-2018-5154,
CVE-2018-5155, CVE-2018-5157, CVE-2018-5158, CVE-2018-5159, CVE-2018-5160,
OSV
firefox vulnerabilities
osv·2018-05-11·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2018-5150 [CRITICAL] firefox vulnerabilities
firefox vulnerabilities
Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application
crash, bypass same-origin restrictions, conduct cross-site scripting (XSS)
attacks, install lightweight themes without user interaction, spoof the
filename in the downloads panel, or execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2018-5150, CVE-2018-5151, CVE-2018-5153, CVE-2018-5154,
CVE-2018-5155, CVE-2018-5157, CVE-2018-5158, CVE-2018-5159, CVE-2018-5160,
CVE-2018-5163, CVE-2018-5164, CVE-2018-5168, CVE-2018-5173, CVE-2018-5175,
CVE-2018-5177, CVE-2018-5180)
Multiple security issues were discovered with WebExtensions. If a user
were tricked in to installing a specially craft
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104136http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040896https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1414https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1415https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1725https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1449548https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00007.htmlhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00013.htmlhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13https://usn.ubuntu.com/3645-1/https://usn.ubuntu.com/3660-1/https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4199https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4209https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-12/https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104136http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040896https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1414https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1415https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1725https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1449548https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00007.htmlhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00013.htmlhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13https://usn.ubuntu.com/3645-1/https://usn.ubuntu.com/3660-1/https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4199https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4209https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-12/https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/
2018-06-11
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