Information disclosure in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2018-12402
Published: October 24, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15502
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-2018-12402
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 SameSite cookies are sent on cross-origin requests when the "Save Page As..." menu item is selected to save a page. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website and gain access to SameSite cookies.
The weakness exists due to SameSite cookies are sent on cross-origin requests when the "Save Page As..." menu item is selected to save a page. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website and gain access to SameSite cookies.
Affected software
Mozilla Firefox
Arch Linux
Arch Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2018-12402
Update to version 63.0.
Mozilla Firefox - update to 63.0