Name | CVE-2018-12368 |
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. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
---|---|---|---|
firefox (PTS) | sid | 131.0-1 | fixed |
firefox-esr (PTS) | bullseye | 115.14.0esr-1~deb11u1 | fixed |
bullseye (security) | 128.3.0esr-1~deb11u2 | fixed | |
bookworm | 115.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 | fixed | |
bookworm (security) | 128.3.0esr-1~deb12u1 | fixed | |
trixie | 115.15.0esr-1 | fixed | |
sid | 128.3.0esr-2 | fixed | |
thunderbird (PTS) | bullseye | 1:115.12.0-1~deb11u1 | fixed |
bullseye (security) | 1:115.15.0-1~deb11u1 | fixed | |
bookworm | 1:115.12.0-1~deb12u1 | fixed | |
bookworm (security) | 1:115.15.0-1~deb12u1 | fixed | |
trixie | 1:128.2.0esr-1 | fixed | |
sid | 1:128.3.0esr-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
firefox | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | |||
firefox-esr | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | |||
thunderbird | source | (unstable) | (not affected) |
- firefox-esr <not-affected> (Windows-specific)
- firefox <not-affected> (Windows-specific)
- thunderbird <not-affected> (Windows-specific)
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15/#CVE-2018-12368
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-17/#CVE-2018-12368
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-18/#CVE-2018-12368