CVE-2018-18497 Information

Description

Limitations on the URIs allowed to WebExtensions by the browser.windows.create API can be bypassed when a pipe in the URL field is used within the extension to load multiple pages as a single argument. This could allow a malicious WebExtension to open privileged about: or file: locations. This vulnerability affects Firefox 64.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106167 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1488180 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3844-1/ https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-29/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

6.5