CVE-2018-5174

HIGH

Windows Defender SmartScreen - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Windows 10 April 2018 Update, Windows Defender SmartScreen honors the "SEE_MASK_FLAG_NO_UI" flag associated with downloaded files and will not show any UI. Files that are unknown and potentially dangerous will be allowed to run because SmartScreen will not prompt the user for a decision, and if the user is offline all files will be allowed to be opened because Windows won't prompt the user to ask what to do. Firefox incorrectly sets this flag when downloading files, leading to less secure behavior from SmartScreen. Note: this issue only affects Windows 10 users running the April 2018 update or later. It does not affect other Windows users or other operating systems. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.8, Thunderbird ESR < 52.8, Firefox < 60, and Firefox ESR < 52.8.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1447080
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040896
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-12/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104136

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0054
EPSS Percentile 67.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

Status published
Products (3)
mozilla/firefox < 52.8.0
mozilla/thunderbird < 52.8.0
mozilla/thunderbird_esr < 52.8.0
Published Jun 11, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026