Security restrictions bypass in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2018-5169

Vulnerability identifier: #VU12553

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5169

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Mozilla

Affected software:
Mozilla Firefox

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.

The weakness exists due to improper privileges or access controls. A remote attacker can drag and drop specially crafted manipulated hyperlinked text containing chrome: URL on the "home" icon, cause the home page to be reset to include a normally-unlinkable chrome page as one of the home page tabs.

Update to version 60.0.

• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/