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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 use

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.00881
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Weakness Classification

CWE-20Improper Input Validation
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Affected Products & Versions

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redhat enterprise linux desktopall versions
redhat enterprise linux serverall versions
redhat enterprise linux server ausall versions
redhat enterprise linux server eusall versions
redhat enterprise linux server tusall versions
redhat enterprise linux workstationall versions
mozilla thunderbird< 52.8.0
mozilla thunderbird esr< 52.8.0
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4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.0 · security@mozilla.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD11 Jun 2018 · 09:29 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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Vendor Advisories

4
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10601-1
usnUSN-3660-1
rhsaRHSA-2018:1725Important
rhsaRHSA-2018:1726Important
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040946Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1411732Issue TrackingPermissions Required
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00013.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3660-1/Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4209Third Party Advisory
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