Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-12369 - Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2019-494.NASL description This security update for MozillaFirefox to version 60.1.0esr fixes multiple issues. Security issues fixed (MFSA 2018-16, boo#1098998) : - CVE-2018-12359: Buffer overflow using computed size of canvas element - CVE-2018-12360: Use-after-free when using focus() - CVE-2018-12361: Integer overflow in SwizzleData - CVE-2018-12362: Integer overflow in SSSE3 scaler - CVE-2018-5156: Media recorder segmentation fault when track type is changed during capture - CVE-2018-12363: Use-after-free when appending DOM nodes - CVE-2018-12364: CSRF attacks through 307 redirects and NPAPI plugins - CVE-2018-12365: Compromised IPC child process can list local filenames - CVE-2018-12371: Integer overflow in Skia library during edge builder allocation - CVE-2018-12366: Invalid data handling during QCMS transformations - CVE-2018-12367: Timing attack mitigation of PerformanceNavigationTiming - CVE-2018-12369: WebExtension security permission checks bypassed by embedded experiments - CVE-2018-5187: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 60 and Firefox ESR 60.1 - CVE-2018-5188: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 60, Firefox ESR 60.1, and Firefox ESR 52.9 Other issues fixed : - various stability and regression fixes - do not disable system installed unsigned language packs (bmo#1464766) last seen 2020-05-31 modified 2019-03-27 plugin id 123203 published 2019-03-27 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/123203 title openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox (openSUSE-2019-494) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from openSUSE Security Update openSUSE-2019-494. # # The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(123203); script_version("1.3"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/05/26"); script_cve_id("CVE-2018-12359", "CVE-2018-12360", "CVE-2018-12361", "CVE-2018-12362", "CVE-2018-12363", "CVE-2018-12364", "CVE-2018-12365", "CVE-2018-12366", "CVE-2018-12367", "CVE-2018-12369", "CVE-2018-12371", "CVE-2018-5156", "CVE-2018-5187", "CVE-2018-5188"); script_name(english:"openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox (openSUSE-2019-494)"); script_summary(english:"Check for the openSUSE-2019-494 patch"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "This security update for MozillaFirefox to version 60.1.0esr fixes multiple issues. Security issues fixed (MFSA 2018-16, boo#1098998) : - CVE-2018-12359: Buffer overflow using computed size of canvas element - CVE-2018-12360: Use-after-free when using focus() - CVE-2018-12361: Integer overflow in SwizzleData - CVE-2018-12362: Integer overflow in SSSE3 scaler - CVE-2018-5156: Media recorder segmentation fault when track type is changed during capture - CVE-2018-12363: Use-after-free when appending DOM nodes - CVE-2018-12364: CSRF attacks through 307 redirects and NPAPI plugins - CVE-2018-12365: Compromised IPC child process can list local filenames - CVE-2018-12371: Integer overflow in Skia library during edge builder allocation - CVE-2018-12366: Invalid data handling during QCMS transformations - CVE-2018-12367: Timing attack mitigation of PerformanceNavigationTiming - CVE-2018-12369: WebExtension security permission checks bypassed by embedded experiments - CVE-2018-5187: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 60 and Firefox ESR 60.1 - CVE-2018-5188: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 60, Firefox ESR 60.1, and Firefox ESR 52.9 Other issues fixed : - various stability and regression fixes - do not disable system installed unsigned language packs (bmo#1464766)" ); 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script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list", "Host/cpu"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release"); if (isnull(release) || release =~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "openSUSE"); if (release !~ "^(SUSE15\.0)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "15.0", release); if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); ourarch = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (!ourarch) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if (ourarch !~ "^(x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "x86_64", ourarch); flag = 0; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"MozillaFirefox-60.1.0-lp150.3.11.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream-60.1.0-lp150.3.11.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"MozillaFirefox-buildsymbols-60.1.0-lp150.3.11.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"MozillaFirefox-debuginfo-60.1.0-lp150.3.11.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"MozillaFirefox-debugsource-60.1.0-lp150.3.11.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"MozillaFirefox-devel-60.1.0-lp150.3.11.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"MozillaFirefox-translations-common-60.1.0-lp150.3.11.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"MozillaFirefox-translations-other-60.1.0-lp150.3.11.1") ) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "MozillaFirefox / MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream / etc"); }
NASL family Windows NASL id MOZILLA_FIREFOX_61_0_0.NASL description The version of Mozilla Firefox installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 61. It is, therefore, affected by multiple critical and high severity vulnerabilities. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 110811 published 2018-06-29 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/110811 title Mozilla Firefox < 61 Multiple Critical Vulnerabilities code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(110811); script_version("1.5"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/04"); script_cve_id( "CVE-2018-5156", "CVE-2018-5186", "CVE-2018-5187", "CVE-2018-5188", "CVE-2018-12358", "CVE-2018-12359", "CVE-2018-12360", "CVE-2018-12361", "CVE-2018-12362", "CVE-2018-12363", "CVE-2018-12364", "CVE-2018-12365", "CVE-2018-12366", "CVE-2018-12367", "CVE-2018-12368", "CVE-2018-12369", "CVE-2018-12370", "CVE-2018-12371" ); script_bugtraq_id( 104246, 104555, 104556, 104557, 104558, 104560, 104561, 104562 ); script_xref(name:"MFSA", value:"2018-15"); script_name(english:"Mozilla Firefox < 61 Multiple Critical Vulnerabilities"); script_summary(english:"Checks the version of Firefox."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "A web browser installed on the remote Windows host is affected by multiple critical and high severity vulnerabilities."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "The version of Mozilla Firefox installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 61. It is, therefore, affected by multiple critical and high severity vulnerabilities."); # https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?cf08db1a"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 61.0.0 or later."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-12368"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/06/26"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/06/26"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/06/29"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_family(english:"Windows"); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_dependencies("mozilla_org_installed.nasl"); script_require_keys("Mozilla/Firefox/Version"); exit(0); } include("mozilla_version.inc"); port = get_kb_item("SMB/transport"); if (!port) port = 445; installs = get_kb_list("SMB/Mozilla/Firefox/*"); if (isnull(installs)) audit(AUDIT_NOT_INST, "Firefox"); mozilla_check_version(installs:installs, product:'firefox', esr:FALSE, fix:'61.0.0', severity:SECURITY_HOLE);
NASL family MacOS X Local Security Checks NASL id MACOSX_FIREFOX_60_1_ESR.NASL description The version of Mozilla Firefox ESR installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 60.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities, some of which allow code execution and potentially exploitable crashes. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 110808 published 2018-06-29 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/110808 title Mozilla Firefox ESR < 60.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS) NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201810-01.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201810-01 (Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Firefox. Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details. Impact : A remote attacker could entice a user to view a specially crafted web page, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition. Furthermore, a remote attacker may be able to perform Man-in-the-Middle attacks, obtain sensitive information, spoof the address bar, conduct clickjacking attacks, bypass security restrictions and protection mechanisms, or have other unspecified impact. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 117894 published 2018-10-03 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/117894 title GLSA-201810-01 : Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-3705-1.NASL description Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, read uninitialized memory, bypass same-origin restrictions, bypass CORS restrictions, bypass CSRF protections, obtain sensitive information, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-5156, CVE-2018-5186, CVE-2018-5187, CVE-2018-5188, CVE-2018-12358, CVE-2018-12359, CVE-2018-12360, CVE-2018-12361, CVE-2018-12362, CVE-2018-12363, CVE-2018-12364, CVE-2018-12365, CVE-2018-12366, CVE-2018-12367, CVE-2018-12370, CVE-2018-12371) A security issue was discovered with WebExtensions. If a user were tricked in to installing a specially crafted extension, an attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain full browser permissions. (CVE-2018-12369). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 110942 published 2018-07-06 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2018-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/110942 title Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 17.10 / 18.04 LTS : firefox vulnerabilities (USN-3705-1) NASL family Windows NASL id MOZILLA_FIREFOX_60_1_ESR.NASL description The version of Mozilla Firefox ESR installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 60.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple critical and high severity vulnerabilities. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 110810 published 2018-06-29 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/110810 title Mozilla Firefox ESR < 60.1 Multiple Critical Vulnerabilities NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_CD81806C26E74D4A842502724A2F48AF.NASL description Mozilla Foundation reports : CVE-2018-12359: Buffer overflow using computed size of canvas element CVE-2018-12360: Use-after-free when using focus() CVE-2018-12361: Integer overflow in SwizzleData CVE-2018-12358: Same-origin bypass using service worker and redirection CVE-2018-12362: Integer overflow in SSSE3 scaler CVE-2018-5156: Media recorder segmentation fault when track type is changed during capture CVE-2018-12363: Use-after-free when appending DOM nodes CVE-2018-12364: CSRF attacks through 307 redirects and NPAPI plugins CVE-2018-12365: Compromised IPC child process can list local filenames CVE-2018-12371: Integer overflow in Skia library during edge builder allocation CVE-2018-12366: Invalid data handling during QCMS transformations CVE-2018-12367: Timing attack mitigation of PerformanceNavigationTiming CVE-2018-12368: No warning when opening executable SettingContent-ms files CVE-2018-12369: WebExtension security permission checks bypassed by embedded experiments CVE-2018-12370: SameSite cookie protections bypassed when exiting Reader View CVE-2018-5186: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 61 CVE-2018-5187: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 60 and Firefox ESR 60.1 CVE-2018-5188: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 60, Firefox ESR 60.1, and Firefox ESR 52.9 last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 110700 published 2018-06-27 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/110700 title FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (cd81806c-26e7-4d4a-8425-02724a2f48af) NASL family MacOS X Local Security Checks NASL id MACOS_FIREFOX_61_0_0.NASL description The version of Mozilla Firefox installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 61. It is, therefore, affected by multiple critical and high severity vulnerabilities. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 110806 published 2018-06-29 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/110806 title Mozilla Firefox < 61 Multiple Critical Vulnerabilities (macOS) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-3705-2.NASL description USN-3705-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update introduced various minor regressions. This update fixes the problems. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details : Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, read uninitialized memory, bypass same-origin restrictions, bypass CORS restrictions, bypass CSRF protections, obtain sensitive information, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-5156, CVE-2018-5186, CVE-2018-5187, CVE-2018-5188, CVE-2018-12358, CVE-2018-12359, CVE-2018-12360, CVE-2018-12361, CVE-2018-12362, CVE-2018-12363, CVE-2018-12364, CVE-2018-12365, CVE-2018-12366, CVE-2018-12367, CVE-2018-12370, CVE-2018-12371) A security issue was discovered with WebExtensions. If a user were tricked in to installing a specially crafted extension, an attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain full browser permissions. (CVE-2018-12369). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 111005 published 2018-07-11 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2018-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/111005 title Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 17.10 / 18.04 LTS : firefox regressions (USN-3705-2) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2018-676.NASL description This security update for MozillaFirefox to version 60.1.0esr fixes multiple issues. Security issues fixed (MFSA 2018-16, boo#1098998) : - CVE-2018-12359: Buffer overflow using computed size of canvas element - CVE-2018-12360: Use-after-free when using focus() - CVE-2018-12361: Integer overflow in SwizzleData - CVE-2018-12362: Integer overflow in SSSE3 scaler - CVE-2018-5156: Media recorder segmentation fault when track type is changed during capture - CVE-2018-12363: Use-after-free when appending DOM nodes - CVE-2018-12364: CSRF attacks through 307 redirects and NPAPI plugins - CVE-2018-12365: Compromised IPC child process can list local filenames - CVE-2018-12371: Integer overflow in Skia library during edge builder allocation - CVE-2018-12366: Invalid data handling during QCMS transformations - CVE-2018-12367: Timing attack mitigation of PerformanceNavigationTiming - CVE-2018-12369: WebExtension security permission checks bypassed by embedded experiments - CVE-2018-5187: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 60 and Firefox ESR 60.1 - CVE-2018-5188: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 60, Firefox ESR 60.1, and Firefox ESR 52.9 Other issues fixed : - various stability and regression fixes - do not disable system installed unsigned language packs (bmo#1464766) last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2018-06-29 plugin id 110801 published 2018-06-29 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/110801 title openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox (openSUSE-2018-676)
References
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-16/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1454909
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3705-1/
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041193
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104561
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01