Information disclosure in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2018-5132
Published: March 13, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10975
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-2018-5132
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 the Find API for WebExtensions can search some privileged pages, such as about:debugging, if these pages are open in a tab. A remote attacker can tuse a malicious WebExtension to search for otherwise protected data if a user has it open.
The weakness exists due to the Find API for WebExtensions can search some privileged pages, such as about:debugging, if these pages are open in a tab. A remote attacker can tuse a malicious WebExtension to search for otherwise protected data if a user has it open.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-5132
Update to version 59.0.