Information disclosure in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2018-12400

Vulnerability identifier: #VU15499

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-12400

CWE-ID: CWE-200

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The weakness exists in private browsing mode on Firefox for Android due to favicons are cached in the cache/icons folder as they are in non-private mode. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website and gain access to arbitrary data during private browsing sessions.

Mozilla Firefox

Update to version 63.0.

Mozilla Firefox - update to 63.0

• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-26/

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox