CVE-2018-5174: High severity thunderbird vulnerability

Published May 9, 2018
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Updated

In the Windows 10 April 2018 Update, Windows Defender SmartScreen honors the "SEEMASKFLAGNOUI" flag associated with downloaded files and will not show any UI. Files that are unknown and potentially dangerous will be allowed to run because SmartScreen will not prompt the user for a decision, and if the user is offline all files will be allowed to be opened because Windows won't prompt the user to ask what to do. Firefox incorrectly sets this flag when downloading files, leading to less secure behavior from SmartScreen. Note: this issue only affects Windows 10 users running the April 2018 update or later. It does not affect other Windows users or other operating systems. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.8, Thunderbird ESR < 52.8, Firefox < 60, and Firefox ESR < 52.8.

Other sources

In the Windows 10 April 2018 Update, Windows Defender SmartScreen honors the SEEMASKFLAGNOUI flag associated with downloaded files and will not show any UI. Files that are unknown and potentially dangerous will be allowed to run because SmartScreen will not prompt the user for a decision, and if the user is offline all files will be allowed to be opened because Windows won’t prompt the user to ask what to do. Firefox incorrectly sets this flag when downloading files, leading to less secure behavior from SmartScreen. Note: this issue only affects Windows 10 users running the April 2018 update or later. It does not affect other Windows users or other operating systems.

Affected Software

13 affected componentsFixes available
Mozilla Thunderbird<52.8
52.8
Mozilla Firefox<60
60
Mozilla Firefox ESR<52.8
52.8
Mozilla Firefox<60.0
Mozilla Firefox ESR<52.8.0
Mozilla Thunderbird<52.8.0
Mozilla Thunderbird ESR<52.8.0
Microsoft Windows 10
All of the following
Any of the following
Mozilla Firefox<52.8.0
Mozilla Firefox<60.0
Mozilla Thunderbird<52.8.0
Mozilla Thunderbird ESR<52.8.0
Microsoft Windows 10

Event History

May 9, 2018
CVE Published
via Mozilla·12:00 AM
Jun 11, 2018
CVE Published
via MITRE·09:00 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·09:00 PM
DescriptionWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·09:29 PM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software

Parent advisories

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