CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-12383

Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Published: Oct 18, 2018 | Modified: Oct 03, 2019
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

If a user saved passwords before Firefox 58 and then later set a master password, an unencrypted copy of these passwords is still accessible. This is because the older stored password file was not deleted when the data was copied to a new format starting in Firefox 58. The new master password is added only on the new file. This could allow the exposure of stored password data outside of user expectations. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 62, Firefox ESR < 60.2.1, and Thunderbird < 60.2.1.

Weakness

The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Enterprise_linux_desktop Redhat 6.0 (including) 6.0 (including)
Enterprise_linux_desktop Redhat 7.0 (including) 7.0 (including)
Enterprise_linux_server Redhat 6.0 (including) 6.0 (including)
Enterprise_linux_server Redhat 7.0 (including) 7.0 (including)
Enterprise_linux_server_aus Redhat 7.6 (including) 7.6 (including)
Enterprise_linux_server_eus Redhat 7.5 (including) 7.5 (including)
Enterprise_linux_server_eus Redhat 7.6 (including) 7.6 (including)
Enterprise_linux_server_tus Redhat 7.6 (including) 7.6 (including)
Enterprise_linux_workstation Redhat 6.0 (including) 6.0 (including)
Enterprise_linux_workstation Redhat 7.0 (including) 7.0 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References