Bug 1595033 (CVE-2018-12368) - CVE-2018-12368 Mozilla: No warning when opening executable SettingContent-ms files
Summary: CVE-2018-12368 Mozilla: No warning when opening executable SettingContent-ms ...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2018-12368
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks: 1590698
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Reported: 2018-06-26 01:52 UTC by Doran Moppert
Modified: 2021-02-26 03:32 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2018-06-26 02:13:03 UTC
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Description Doran Moppert 2018-06-26 01:52:48 UTC
Windows 10 does not warn users before opening executable files with the `SettingContent-ms` extension even when they have been downloaded from the internet and have the "Mark of the Web." Without the warning, unsuspecting users unfamiliar with this new file type might run an unwanted executable. This also allows a WebExtension with the limited `downloads.open` permission to execute arbitrary code without user interaction on Windows 10 systems 

*Note: this issue only affects Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected.*



External Reference:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-15/#CVE-2018-12368

Comment 1 Doran Moppert 2018-06-26 01:52:52 UTC
Acknowledgments:

Name: the Mozilla project
Upstream: Abdulrahman Alqabandi


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