github - ghsa-8j5m-6wvx-8fqm

ghsa-8j5m-6wvx-8fqm

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-24 16:44

Modified

2024-04-04 00:11

Severity ?

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

A service worker can send the activate event on itself periodically which allows it to run perpetually, allowing it to monitor activity by users. Affects all versions prior to Firefox 60.

Show details on source website

JSON

To clipboard

{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2018-5179"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-772"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2019-04-26T14:29:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "A service worker can send the activate event on itself periodically which allows it to run perpetually, allowing it to monitor activity by users. Affects all versions prior to Firefox 60.",
  "id": "GHSA-8j5m-6wvx-8fqm",
  "modified": "2024-04-04T00:11:28Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T16:44:43Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5179"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

cve-2018-5179

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2019-04-26 13:55

Modified

2024-08-05 05:26

Severity ?

Summary

A service worker can send the activate event on itself periodically which allows it to run perpetually, allowing it to monitor activity by users. Affects all versions prior to Firefox 60.

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

▼

n/a

Firefox

Version: All versions prior to Firefox 60

Show details on NVD website

JSON

To clipboard

{
  "containers": {
    "adp": [
      {
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2024-08-05T05:26:46.996Z",
          "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "shortName": "CVE"
        },
        "references": [
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_refsource_MISC",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/"
          }
        ],
        "title": "CVE Program Container"
      }
    ],
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "product": "Firefox",
          "vendor": "n/a",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "All versions prior to Firefox 60"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "A service worker can send the activate event on itself periodically which allows it to run perpetually, allowing it to monitor activity by users. Affects all versions prior to Firefox 60."
        }
      ],
      "problemTypes": [
        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "description": "Covert Channel",
              "lang": "en",
              "type": "text"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2019-04-26T16:14:35",
        "orgId": "f16b083a-5664-49f3-a51e-8d479e5ed7fe",
        "shortName": "mozilla"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_MISC"
          ],
          "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/"
        }
      ],
      "x_legacyV4Record": {
        "CVE_data_meta": {
          "ASSIGNER": "security@mozilla.org",
          "ID": "CVE-2018-5179",
          "STATE": "PUBLIC"
        },
        "affects": {
          "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
              {
                "product": {
                  "product_data": [
                    {
                      "product_name": "Firefox",
                      "version": {
                        "version_data": [
                          {
                            "version_value": "All versions prior to Firefox 60"
                          }
                        ]
                      }
                    }
                  ]
                },
                "vendor_name": "n/a"
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        "data_format": "MITRE",
        "data_type": "CVE",
        "data_version": "4.0",
        "description": {
          "description_data": [
            {
              "lang": "eng",
              "value": "A service worker can send the activate event on itself periodically which allows it to run perpetually, allowing it to monitor activity by users. Affects all versions prior to Firefox 60."
            }
          ]
        },
        "problemtype": {
          "problemtype_data": [
            {
              "description": [
                {
                  "lang": "eng",
                  "value": "Covert Channel"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        "references": {
          "reference_data": [
            {
              "name": "https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/",
              "refsource": "MISC",
              "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "f16b083a-5664-49f3-a51e-8d479e5ed7fe",
    "assignerShortName": "mozilla",
    "cveId": "CVE-2018-5179",
    "datePublished": "2019-04-26T13:55:13",
    "dateReserved": "2018-01-03T00:00:00",
    "dateUpdated": "2024-08-05T05:26:46.996Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.1"
}

Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.

Action not permitted