CVE-2018-5158

MEDIUM

Description

The PDF viewer does not sufficiently sanitize PostScript calculator functions, allowing malicious JavaScript to be injected through a crafted PDF file. This JavaScript can then be run with the permissions of the PDF viewer by its worker. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 52.8 and Firefox < 60.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104136

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040896

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1414

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1415

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1452075

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00007.html

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3645-1/

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4199

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-12/

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2018-06-11

Updated: 2019-03-13

Type: CWE-94

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Impact Score: 6.4

Exploitability Score: 8.6

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Impact Score: 5.9

Exploitability Score: 2.8

Severity: HIGH

Vulnerable Software

Configuration 1

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2

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_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3

OR

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4

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:*:*:*

Tenable Plugins

View all (31 total)

IDNameProductFamilySeverity
130450SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2019:2872-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
127384NewStart CGSL MAIN 4.05 : firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2019-0130)NessusNewStart CGSL Local Security Checks
high
127198NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2019-0032)NessusNewStart CGSL Local Security Checks
high
123645FreeBSD : Gitlab -- Multiple vulnerabilities (da459dbc-5586-11e9-abd6-001b217b3468)NessusFreeBSD Local Security Checks
medium
120074SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2018:2298-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
118254SUSE SLES12 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2018:1334-2)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
117894GLSA-201810-01 : Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilitiesNessusGentoo Local Security Checks
high
700337Mozilla Firefox ESR < 52.8 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessus Network MonitorWeb Clients
high
110853EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : firefox (EulerOS-SA-2018-1189)NessusHuawei Local Security Checks
high
110248CentOS 7 : firefox (CESA-2018:1415)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
high
110130EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : firefox (EulerOS-SA-2018-1126)NessusHuawei Local Security Checks
high
110129EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : firefox (EulerOS-SA-2018-1125)NessusHuawei Local Security Checks
high
109940Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 17.10 / 18.04 LTS : Firefox regression (USN-3645-2)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
critical
109939SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2018:1334-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
109923CentOS 6 : firefox (CESA-2018:1414)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
high
109887SUSE SLES11 Security Update : MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2018:1319-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
109869Mozilla Firefox < 60 Multiple Critical VulnerabilitiesNessusWindows
critical
109868Mozilla Firefox ESR < 52.8 Multiple Critical VulnerabilitiesNessusWindows
high
109867Mozilla Firefox < 60 Multiple Critical Vulnerabilities (macOS)NessusMacOS X Local Security Checks
critical
109866Mozilla Firefox ESR < 52.8 Multiple Critical Vulnerabilities (macOS)NessusMacOS X Local Security Checks
high
109852Scientific Linux Security Update : firefox on SL7.x x86_64 (20180515)NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
high
109851Scientific Linux Security Update : firefox on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20180515)NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
high
109835RHEL 7 : firefox (RHSA-2018:1415)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
high
109834RHEL 6 : firefox (RHSA-2018:1414)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
high
109810Oracle Linux 7 : firefox (ELSA-2018-1415)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
high
109809Oracle Linux 6 : firefox (ELSA-2018-1414)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
high
109798Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 17.10 / 18.04 LTS : Firefox vulnerabilities (USN-3645-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
critical
109739Debian DSA-4199-1 : firefox-esr - security updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
high
109736Debian DLA-1376-1 : firefox-esr security updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
high
109720openSUSE Security Update : Mozilla Firefox (openSUSE-2018-452)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
109661FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (5aefc41e-d304-4ec8-8c82-824f84f08244)NessusFreeBSD Local Security Checks
critical