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CVE-2018-5111

Published: 23 January 2018

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.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
firefox
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream
Released (58.0)
xenial
Released (58.0+build6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1)
artful
Released (58.0+build6-0ubuntu0.17.10.1)
bionic
Released (59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1)
trusty
Released (58.0+build6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact High
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N