CVE-2018-12396
Mozilla Firefox WebExtension Content Script Privilege Escalation
Description
A vulnerability where a WebExtension can run content scripts in disallowed contexts following navigation or other events. This allows for potential privilege escalation by the WebExtension on sites where content scripts should not be run. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.3 and Firefox < 63.
INFO
Published Date :
Feb. 28, 2019, 6:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Oct. 3, 2019, 12:03 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
2.8
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2018-12396
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2018-12396.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105718 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041944 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3005 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3006 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1483602 | Broken Link Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00008.html | Third Party Advisory |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-04 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3801-1/ | Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4324 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-26/ | Vendor Advisory |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-27/ | Vendor Advisory |
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CWE Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 03, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CWE CWE-264 CWE-264 CWE-732 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 01, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-04 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-04 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-27/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-27/ Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-26/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-26/ Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3801-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3801-1/ Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1483602 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1483602 Broken Link, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3006 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3006 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4324 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4324 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3005 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3005 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00008.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00008.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105718 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105718 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041944 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041944 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Added CWE CWE-264 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 63.0 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 60.3 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Mar. 01, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4324 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3801-1/ [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-04 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00008.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3006 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3005 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041944 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105718 [No Types Assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-12396 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-12396
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
3.13 }} -0.05%
score
0.91198
percentile