CVE-2018-5111 Information

Description

When the text of a specially formatted URL is dragged to the addressbar from page content the displayed URL can be spoofed to show a different site than the one loaded. This allows for phishing attacks where a malicious page can spoof the identify of another site. This vulnerability affects Firefox 58.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102786 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1321619 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3544-1/ https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

6.5