Spoofing attack in WebKitGTK+ - CVE-2017-7153
Published: March 22, 2018 / Updated: March 22, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU11212
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:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7153
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct spoofing attack on the target system.
The weakness exists due to incorrect display of the lock icon on mixed content. A remote attacker can conduct spoofing attacks and gain access to potentially sensitive information.
Affected software
WebKitGTK+
Gentoo Linux
Ubuntu
Fedora
Opensuse
webkitgtk4
Gentoo Linux
Ubuntu
Fedora
Opensuse
webkitgtk4
How to mitigate CVE-2017-7153
Update to version 2.18.6.
webkitgtk4 - addressed in versions 2.18.6-1.fc26, 2.18.6-1.fc27