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MFSA2018-17 Firefox: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 52.9 (CVE-2018-12368)

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MFSA2018-17 Firefox: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 52.9 (CVE-2018-12368)

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
06/26/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/27/2018
Modified
12/07/2018

Description

Windows 10 does not warn users before opening executable files with the SettingContent-ms extension even when they have been downloaded from the internet and have the "Mark of the Web." Without the warning, unsuspecting users unfamiliar with this new file type might run an unwanted executable. This also allows a WebExtension with the limited downloads.open permission to execute arbitrary code without user interaction on Windows 10 systems. *Note: this issue only affects Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60, Thunderbird < 52.9, Firefox ESR < 60.1, Firefox ESR < 52.9, and Firefox < 61.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-esr-upgrade-52_9

References

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