High severity · published Oct 18, 2018
CVE-2018-12368
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…
8.1
CVSS
4.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.8% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FI
Firefox · Mozilla
before 61.0; 53.0 before 60.1.0 · source: NVD
FE
Firefox Esr · Mozilla
before 52.9 · source: NVD
TH
Thunderbird · Mozilla
before 52.9 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12368
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12368
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104560
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041193
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1468217
Exploit
https://posts.specterops.io/the-tale-of-settingcontent-ms-files-f1ea253e4d39
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15/
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