#VU14640 Spoofing attack in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2018-12382
Published: September 6, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU14640
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-2018-12382
CWE-ID: CWE-451
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox
Software vendor:
Mozilla
Mozilla
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct spoofing attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to an error when scrolling the loaded domain out of view to the right. A remote unauthenticated attacker can use a javascript: URI in concert with JavaScript to insert text before the loaded domain name and spoof the displayed addressbar URL on Firefox for Android.
Remediation
Update to version 62.0.