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CVE-2017-5427

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Description

A non-existent chrome.manifest file will attempt to be loaded during startup from the primary installation directory. If a malicious user with local access puts chrome.manifest and other referenced files in this directory, they will be loaded and activated during startup. This could result in malicious software being added without consent or modification of referenced installed files. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published6/11/2018

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

mozilla:firefox

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-362

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96692(security@mozilla.org)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966(security@mozilla.org)

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1295542(security@mozilla.org)

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/(security@mozilla.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96692(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1295542(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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