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CVE-2018-5170
It is possible to spoof the filename of an attachment and display an arbitrary attachment name. This could lead to a user opening a remote…
Medium4.3EPSS 1.7%
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- mozilla
Description
It is possible to spoof the filename of an attachment and display an arbitrary attachment name. This could lead to a user opening a remote attachment which is a different file type than expected. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8 and Thunderbird < 52.8.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 23% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
- Filename spoofing for external attachments
- CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected unspecified – < 52.8
- affected unspecified – < 52.8
References (9)
- RHSA-2018:1726 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1411732 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201811-13 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-3660-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 1040946 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180525 [SECURITY] [DLA 1382-1] thunderbird security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:1725 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-4209 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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