Improper access control in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2018-5141
Published: March 13, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10984
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5141
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information or cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to the notifications Push API where notifications can be sent through service workers by web content without direct user interaction. A remote attacker can open new tabs in a denial of service (DOS) attack or access unwanted content from arbitrary URLs to users.
Affected software
Mozilla Firefox
firefox (Ubuntu package)
firefox (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2018-5141
Update to version 59.0.
firefox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 59.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 59.0+build5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 59.0+build5-0ubuntu0.17.10.1