#VU12867 Spoofing attack in Mozilla Thunderbird - CVE-2018-5170

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#VU12867 Spoofing attack in Mozilla Thunderbird - CVE-2018-5170

Published: May 21, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU12867
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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-2018-5170
CWE-ID: CWE-451
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Mozilla Thunderbird
Software vendor:
Mozilla

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can use external attachments, spoof the filename of an attachment and display an arbitrary attachment name.


Remediation

Update to version 52.8.

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