Spoofing attack in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2018-5117
Published: January 24, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10190
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5117
CWE-ID: CWE-451
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 spoof browser address bar.
The vulnerability exists due to an error when right-to-left text is used in the addressbar with left-to-right alignment. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, and spoof the URL.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-5117
Update to version 58.0.