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MFSA2018-02 Firefox: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 58 (CVE-2018-5111)

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MFSA2018-02 Firefox: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 58 (CVE-2018-5111)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
01/23/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/24/2018
Modified
06/26/2018

Description

When the text of a specially formatted URL is dragged to the addressbar from page content, the displayed URL can be spoofed to show a different site than the one loaded. This allows for phishing attacks where a malicious page can spoof the identify of another site. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 58.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-58_0

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