Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 18, 2018· Updated Aug 5, 2024
CVE-2018-12369
CVE-2018-12369
Description
WebExtensions bundled with embedded experiments were not correctly checked for proper authorization. This allowed a malicious WebExtension to gain full browser permissions. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.1 and Firefox < 61.
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Affected products
6<60.1+ 3 more
- (no CPE)range: <60.1
- (no CPE)range: <61
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/firefox-esr&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 128.5.1-1.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 128.5.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 92.0-1.2
Patches
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References
7- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- usn.ubuntu.com/3705-1/mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/104561mitrevdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1041193mitrevdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgimitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15/mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-16/mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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