CVE-2018-12368

Published Oct 18, 2018

Last updated 4 days ago

Overview

Description
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.
Source
security@mozilla.org
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

Type
Primary
Base score
8.1
Impact score
5.9
Exploitability score
2.2
Vector string
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity
HIGH

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
9.3
Impact score
10
Exploitability score
8.6
Vector string
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations