Description (CNA)
Limitations on the URIs allowed to WebExtensions by the browser.windows.create API can be bypassed when a pipe in the URL field is used within the extension to load multiple pages as a single argument. This could allow a malicious WebExtension to open privileged about: or file: locations. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 64.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Mozilla / Firefox | affected unspecified before 64 |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1488180
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-29/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3844-1/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106167
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.