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CVE-2018-5182

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-5182 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 60, as well as Canonical Firefox and Ubuntu Linux. It allows an attacker to open local files by dragging and dropping a filename string onto the browser's address bar, bypassing security policies. The CVSSv3 score of 7.5 indicates a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring no user interaction, and potentially leading to high confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
17.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
< 60.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.08%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0208 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-5182Low

Mozilla: Local file can be displayed from hyperlink dragged and dropped on addressbar

May 9, 2018

References

bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3645-1
Third Party Advisory
mozilla.org / security/advisories/mfsa2018-11
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/104139
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1040896
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry