CVE-2018-5170

Mozilla: Filename spoofing for external attachments

Published Jun 11, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 1.7% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1382-1 thunderbird security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4209-1 thunderbird security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-16955 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3660-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
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