CVE-2018-5169 Information

Description

If manipulated hyperlinked text with \chrome:\ URL contained in it is dragged and dropped on the \home\ icon the home page can be reset to include a normally-unlinkable chrome page as one of the home page tabs. This vulnerability affects Firefox 60.

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/104139 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040896 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1319157 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3645-1/ https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/

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