cvelistv5 - CVE-2018-12368

CVE-2018-12368

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2018-10-18 13:00

Modified

2024-08-05 08:30

Severity ?

Summary

Windows 10 does not warn users before opening executable files with the SettingContent-ms extension even when they have been downloaded from the internet and have the "Mark of the Web." Without the warning, unsuspecting users unfamiliar with this new file type might run an unwanted executable. This also allows a WebExtension with the limited downloads.open permission to execute arbitrary code without user interaction on Windows 10 systems. *Note: this issue only affects Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60, Thunderbird < 52.9, Firefox ESR < 60.1, Firefox ESR < 52.9, and Firefox < 61.

References

URL	Tags
security@mozilla.org	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104560	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@mozilla.org	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041193	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@mozilla.org	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1468217	Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.org	https://posts.specterops.io/the-tale-of-settingcontent-ms-files-f1ea253e4d39	Exploit, Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.org	https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01	Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.org	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15/	Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.org	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-16/	Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.org	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-17/	Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.org	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-18/	Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.org	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-19/	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	Mozilla	Thunderbird
	Mozilla	Firefox ESR
	Mozilla	Firefox

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