CVE-2018-5170
Thunderbird Attachment Spoofing Vulnerability (Remote File Type Tampering)
Description
It is possible to spoof the filename of an attachment and display an arbitrary attachment name. This could lead to a user opening a remote attachment which is a different file type than expected. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8 and Thunderbird < 52.8.
INFO
Published Date :
June 11, 2018, 9:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
March 13, 2019, 1:43 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
1.4
Exploitability Score :
2.8
Affected Products
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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-2018-5170
.
URL | Resource |
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040946 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1725 | Third Party Advisory |
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726 | Third Party Advisory |
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1411732 | Issue Tracking Permissions Required |
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00013.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13 | Third Party Advisory |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3660-1/ | Third Party Advisory |
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4209 | Third Party Advisory |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/ | Vendor Advisory |
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 13, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13 Third Party Advisory Changed 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_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 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:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *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]
Nov. 25, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 14, 2018
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:L/A:N Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1725 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1725 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1411732 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1411732 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/ Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3660-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3660-1/ Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4209 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4209 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00013.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00013.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040946 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040946 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Added CWE CWE-20 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_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 52.8.0 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 52.8.0 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *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:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jun. 13, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4209 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3660-1/ [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00013.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1725 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040946 [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-2018-5170
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-2018-5170
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.43 }} -0.18%
score
0.74835
percentile