CVE-2017-5456

 

Published at: - 11-06-2018 11:29

Last modified: - 24-09-2022 03:03

Total changes: - 2

Description

A mechanism to bypass file system access protections in the sandbox using the file system request constructor through an IPC message. This allows for read and write access to the local file system. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 52.1 and Firefox < 53.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

 

Verification logic

 

Reference

• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1344415
• RHSA-2017:1106-Third Party Advisory
• 1038320-Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• 97940-Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

 

Keywords

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CVE-2017-5456

 

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