The printing process can bypass local access protections to read files available through symlinks, bypassing local file restrictions.

published 2018-06-11 8y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-16893

cvss: 5.3; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.7%; EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
public exploits: 0; none known

The printing process can bypass local access protections to read files available through symlinks, bypassing local file restrictions. The printing process requires files in a specific format so arbitrary data cannot be read but it is possible that some local file information could be exposed. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 58.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 distros 2

Mozilla Firefox 58

ubuntu opensuse

firefox Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 58.0+build6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
firefox Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 58.0+build6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
firefox Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 59.0.1+build1-0ubuntu1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5107

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firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 92.0-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 openSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1

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Exploit prediction

1.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	5.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox

Classification

Weakness

CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

usn.ubuntu.com /3544-1/
vendor-advisory, third-party-advisory
mozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2018-02/
vendor-advisory
securitytracker.com /id/1040270
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/102786
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org /show_bug.cgi?id=1379276
issue-tracking, permissions-required

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-5107
NVD CVE-2018-5107

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