CVE-2018-5173
published 2018-06-11CVE-2018-5173: The filename appearing in the "Downloads" panel improperly renders some Unicode characters, allowing for the file name to be spoofed. This can be used to…
PriorityP426medium5.3CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNILAN
EPSS
1.82%
76.1th percentile
The filename appearing in the "Downloads" panel improperly renders some Unicode characters, allowing for the file name to be spoofed. This can be used to obscure the file extension of potentially executable files from user view in the panel. Note: the dialog to open the file will show the full, correct filename and whether it is executable or not. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.
Affected
13 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| debian | firefox | < firefox 60.0-1 (sid) | firefox 60.0-1 (sid) |
| 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 |
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
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: File name spoofing of Downloads panel with Unicode characters
vendor_redhat·2018-05-09·CVSS 5.3
CVE-2018-5173 [MEDIUM] CWE-451 Mozilla: File name spoofing of Downloads panel with Unicode characters
Mozilla: File name spoofing of Downloads panel with Unicode characters
The filename appearing in the "Downloads" panel improperly renders some Unicode characters, allowing for the file name to be spoofed. This can be used to obscure the file extension of potentially executable files from user view in the panel. Note: the dialog to open the file will show the full, correct filename and whether it is executable or not. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.
Package: firefox (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Not affected
Package: thunderbird (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Not affected
Package: firefox (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Not affected
Package: thunderbird (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2018-5173: firefox - The filename appearing in the "Downloads" panel improperly renders some Unicode ...
vendor_debian·2018·CVSS 5.3
CVE-2018-5173 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-5173: firefox - The filename appearing in the "Downloads" panel improperly renders some Unicode ...
The filename appearing in the "Downloads" panel improperly renders some Unicode characters, allowing for the file name to be spoofed. This can be used to obscure the file extension of potentially executable files from user view in the panel. Note: the dialog to open the file will show the full, correct filename and whether it is executable or not. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.
Scope: local
sid: resolved (fixed in 60.0-1)
GHSA
GHSA-hg6x-mmgv-6qvx: The filename appearing in the "Downloads" panel improperly renders some Unicode characters, allowing for the file name to be spoofed
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14
CVE-2018-5173 [MEDIUM] CWE-20 GHSA-hg6x-mmgv-6qvx: The filename appearing in the "Downloads" panel improperly renders some Unicode characters, allowing for the file name to be spoofed
The filename appearing in the "Downloads" panel improperly renders some Unicode characters, allowing for the file name to be spoofed. This can be used to obscure the file extension of potentially executable files from user view in the panel. Note: the dialog to open the file will show the full, correct filename and whether it is executable or not. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.
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
OSV
CVE-2018-5173: The filename appearing in the "Downloads" panel improperly renders some Unicode characters, allowing for the file name to be spoofed
osv·2018-05-11·CVSS 5.3
CVE-2018-5173 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-5173: The filename appearing in the "Downloads" panel improperly renders some Unicode characters, allowing for the file name to be spoofed
The filename appearing in the "Downloads" panel improperly renders some Unicode characters, allowing for the file name to be spoofed. This can be used to obscure the file extension of potentially executable files from user view in the panel. Note: the dialog to open the file will show the full, correct filename and whether it is executable or not. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104139http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040896https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1438025https://usn.ubuntu.com/3645-1/https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104139http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040896https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1438025https://usn.ubuntu.com/3645-1/https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/
2018-06-11
Published