Information disclosure in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2018-5181
Published: May 10, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU12571
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-2018-5181
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.
The weakness exists due to improper privileges or access controls. A remote attacker can drag and drop a URL using the
file: protocol onto an open tab that is running in a different child process and cause the system to display local files in tabs or the hyperlink.Affected software
Mozilla Firefox
Arch Linux
Arch Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2018-5181
Update to version 60.0.