CVE - CVE-2018-5170

CVE-ID
CVE-2018-5170	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1411732 CONFIRM:https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/ DEBIAN:DSA-4209 URL:https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4209 GENTOO:GLSA-201811-13 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13 MLIST:[debian-lts-announce] 20180525 [SECURITY] [DLA 1382-1] thunderbird security update URL:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00013.html REDHAT:RHSA-2018:1725 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1725 REDHAT:RHSA-2018:1726 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726 SECTRACK:1040946 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040946 UBUNTU:USN-3660-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/3660-1/
Assigning CNA
Mozilla Corporation
Date Record Created
20180103	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20180103)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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