CVE-2018-5158 Information

Description

The PDF viewer does not sufficiently sanitize PostScript calculator functions allowing malicious JavaScript to be injected through a crafted PDF file. This JavaScript can then be run with the permissions of the PDF viewer by its worker. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR 52.8 and Firefox 60.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104136 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040896 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1414 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1415 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1452075 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00007.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3645-1/ https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4199 https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/ https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-12/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.8