THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-12365
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2018-12365

Enterprise Linux Desktop vulnerability

CVSS
6.5
EPSS
3.2%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
A compromised IPC child process can escape the content sandbox and list the names of arbitrary files on the file system without user consent or interaction. This could result in exposure of private local files. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60, Thunderbird < 52.9, Firefox ESR < 60.1, Firefox ESR < 52.9, and Firefox < 61.
Affected vendor
Redhat
Affected product
Enterprise Linux Desktop
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information
Published
2018-10-18

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 3.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-12365

  • Confirm whether Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-12365.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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