CVE-2017-5456
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-06-11 21:00
Modified
2024-08-05 15:04
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
security@mozilla.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@mozilla.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@mozilla.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1344415Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1344415Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/Vendor Advisory
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Mozilla Firefox ESR Version: unspecified   < 52.1
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