CVE-2018-5141

high

Description

A vulnerability in the notifications Push API where notifications can be sent through service workers by web content without direct user interaction. This could be used to open new tabs in a denial of service (DOS) attack or to display unwanted content from arbitrary URLs to users. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 59.

References

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-06/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3596-1/

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1429093

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040514

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103386

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-06-11

Updated: 2018-08-02

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Severity: High