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CVE-2018-5105

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-06-11 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

WebExtensions can bypass user prompts to first save and then open an arbitrarily downloaded file. This can result in an executable file running with local user privileges without explicit user consent. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 58.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 14.04, 16.04, 17.10
• Mozilla Firefox: through 57.0.4

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102786
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1390882
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3544-1/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102786
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1390882
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3544-1/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/

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