Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-5181  

If a URL using the file: protocol is dragged and dropped onto an open tab of Firefox before 60.0 that is running in a different child process the tab will open a local file corresponding to the dropped URL, contrary to policy. One way to make the target tab open more reliably in a separate process is to open it with the noopener keyword.

Severity Low

Remote No

Type Access restriction bypass

Description

If a URL using the file: protocol is dragged and dropped onto an open tab of Firefox before 60.0 that is running in a different child process the tab will open a local file corresponding to the dropped URL, contrary to policy. One way to make the target tab open more reliably in a separate process is to open it with the noopener keyword.

AVG-693 firefox 59.0.2-3 60.0-1 Critical Fixed

13 May 2018 ASA-201805-10 AVG-693 firefox Critical multiple issues

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/#CVE-2018-5181
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1424107