When the text of a specially formatted URL is dragged to the addressbar from page content, the displayed URL can be spoofed to show a different site than the one loaded. This allows for phishing attacks where a malicious page can spoof the identify of another site. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 58.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102786 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1321619 | Issue Tracking Permissions Required |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3544-1/ | Third Party Advisory |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/ | Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
History
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Information
Published : 2018-06-11 21:29
Updated : 2024-02-04 19:46
NVD link : CVE-2018-5111
Mitre link : CVE-2018-5111
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-5111
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Products Affected
mozilla
- firefox
canonical
- ubuntu_linux
CWE
CWE-20
Improper Input Validation