CVE-2018-5174User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information in Mozilla Firefox

Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 32.36%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJun 11
Latest updateMay 13

Description

In the Windows 10 April 2018 Update, Windows Defender SmartScreen honors the "SEE_MASK_FLAG_NO_UI" flag associated with downloaded files and will not show any UI. Files that are unknown and potentially dangerous will be allowed to run because SmartScreen will not prompt the user for a decision, and if the user is offline all files will be allowed to be opened because Windows won't prompt the user to ask what to do. Firefox incorrectly sets this flag when downloading files, leading to less secure

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages7 packages

CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified60
NVDmozilla/firefox< 52.8.0+1
CVEListV5mozilla/firefox_esrunspecified52.8
CVEListV5mozilla/thunderbirdunspecified52.8
NVDmozilla/thunderbird< 52.8.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-cx2r-fxw7-w76f: In the Windows 10 April 2018 Update, Windows Defender SmartScreen honors the "SEE_MASK_FLAG_NO_UI" flag associated with downloaded files and will not2022-05-13
CVEList
CVE-2018-5174: In the Windows 10 April 2018 Update, Windows Defender SmartScreen honors the "SEE_MASK_FLAG_NO_UI" flag associated with downloaded files and will not2018-06-11

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
Mozilla: Windows Defender SmartScreen UI runs with less secure behavior for downloaded files in Windows 10 April 2018 Update2018-05-09
Debian
CVE-2018-5174: firefox - In the Windows 10 April 2018 Update, Windows Defender SmartScreen honors the "SE...2018

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-5174 Mozilla: Windows Defender SmartScreen UI runs with less secure behavior for downloaded files in Windows 10 April 2018 Update2018-05-09
CVE-2018-5174 — Mozilla Firefox vulnerability | cvebase