NVD - CVE-2018-5185

CVE-2018-5185 Detail

Current Description

Plaintext of decrypted emails can leak through by user submitting an embedded form. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8 and Thunderbird < 52.8.

Source: MITRE
Description Last Modified: 06/11/2018
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Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.5 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 3.6
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): None
Availability (A): None

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.3 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104240	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040946	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1725	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1450345	Issue Tracking Permissions Required
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00013.html	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3660-1/	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4209	Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/	Vendor Advisory

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

Information Leak / Disclosure (CWE-200)

Vulnerable software and versions Switch to CPE 2.2

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Change History

2 change records found - show changes

Initial Analysis - 8/14/2018 12:40:35 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
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: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:::*
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: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	CVSS V2		(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Added	CVSS V2 Metadata		Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Added	CVSS V3		AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Added	CWE		CWE-200
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104240 No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104240 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040946 No Types Assigned	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040946 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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=1450345 No Types Assigned	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1450345 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
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 Third Party 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://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/ No Types Assigned	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/ Vendor Advisory

CVE Modified by MITRE - 6/12/2018 9:29:23 PM

Action	Type	New Value
Added	Reference	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104240 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040946 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1725 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference	https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00013.html [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference	https://usn.ubuntu.com/3660-1/ [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference	https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4209 [No Types Assigned]

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-5185
NVD Published Date:
06/11/2018
NVD Last Modified:
08/14/2018

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