UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5115

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5115

    Published: 23 Jan 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-5115
    Aliases:
    USN-3544-1

    Summary:

    Details: If an HTTP authentication prompt is triggered by a background network request from a page or extension, it is displayed over the currently loaded foreground page. Although the prompt contains the real domain making the request, this can result in user confusion about the originating site of the authentication request and may cause users to mistakenly send private credential information to a third party site. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 58.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5115, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3544-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5115

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: firefox

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+build6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -58.0+build6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

    Affected versions

    24.0+build1-0ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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