CVE-2018-18509

Published Apr 26, 2019

Last updated 5 years ago

Overview

Description
A flaw during verification of certain S/MIME signatures causes emails to be shown in Thunderbird as having a valid digital signature, even if the shown message contents aren't covered by the signature. The flaw allows an attacker to reuse a valid S/MIME signature to craft an email message with arbitrary content. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.5.1.
Source
security@mozilla.org
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

Type
Primary
Base score
5.3
Impact score
1.4
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Severity
MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
5
Impact score
2.9
Exploitability score
10
Vector string
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-347

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations