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CVE-2018-12370 Detail

Current Description

In Reader View SameSite cookie protections are not checked on exiting. This allows for a payload to be triggered when Reader View is exited if loaded by a malicious site while Reader mode is active, bypassing CSRF protections. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 61.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  10/18/2018
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Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.8 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 2.8

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.8 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041193 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1456652 Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3705-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15/ Vendor Advisory

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (CWE-352)

Change History

3 change records found - show changes

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-12370
NVD Published Date:
10/18/2018
NVD Last Modified:
12/06/2018