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 :
Nov. 21, 2024, 4:08 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
1.4
Exploitability Score :
2.8
Affected Products
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040946 Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1725 Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726 Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1411732 Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00013.html Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13 Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3660-1/ Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4209 Added Reference https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/ -
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
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weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-5170
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.33 }} -0.10%
score
0.70738
percentile