Information disclosure in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2018-5115
Published: January 24, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10187
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5115
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Mozilla
Affected software:
Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.
The weakness exists due to an error when an HTTP authentication prompt is triggered by a background network request. A remote attacker can open an HTTP authentication over the foreground page and send private credential information to a third party site.
The weakness exists due to an error when an HTTP authentication prompt is triggered by a background network request. A remote attacker can open an HTTP authentication over the foreground page and send private credential information to a third party site.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-5115
Update to version 58.0.