Medium severity · published Jun 11, 2018
CVE-2018-5170
It is possible to spoof the filename of an attachment and display an arbitrary attachment name
4.3
CVSS
1.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
It is possible to spoof the filename of an attachment and display an arbitrary attachment name. This could lead to a user opening a remote attachment which is a different file type than expected. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8 and Thunderbird < 52.8.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.7% · higher than 77% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0; 8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Aus · Redhat
7.6 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Eus · Redhat
7.5; 7.6 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Tus · Redhat
7.6 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
TH
Thunderbird · Mozilla
before 52.8.0 · source: NVD
TE
Thunderbird Esr · Mozilla
before 52.8.0 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
14.04; 16.04; 17.10; 18.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5170
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5170
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040946
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1725
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1411732
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00013.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13
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