CVE-2018-5169

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    CVE-2018-5169

    Published: 11 Jun 2018Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: If manipulated hyperlinked text with "chrome:" URL contained in it is dragged and dropped on the "home" icon, the home page can be reset to include a normally-unlinkable chrome page as one of the home page tabs. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.

    References: , http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040896, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3645-1/, https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104139, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1319157

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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