CVE-2017-5456

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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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published6/11/2018

Last Modified11/25/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

mozilla:firefoxredhat:enterprise_linuxredhat:enterprise_linux_desktopredhat:enterprise_linux_serverredhat:enterprise_linux_server_ausredhat:enterprise_linux_server_eusredhat:enterprise_linux_workstation

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-732

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940(security@mozilla.org)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320(security@mozilla.org)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106(security@mozilla.org)

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1344415(security@mozilla.org)

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/(security@mozilla.org)

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/(security@mozilla.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1344415(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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