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CVE-2017-5454

CVSS v3.0 7.5 (High)
75% Progress
CVSS v2.0 5 (Medium)
50% Progress
EPSS 0.28 % (69th)
0.28% Progress
Affected Products 9
Advisories 14
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A mechanism to bypass file system access protections in the sandbox to use the file picker to access different files than those selected in the file picker through the use of relative paths. This allows for read only access to the local file system. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.1, Firefox ESR < 52.1, and Firefox < 53.

Weaknesses
CWE-200
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
Mozilla Corporation
Published Date
2018-06-11 21:29:06
(6 years ago)
Updated Date
2018-08-09 15:34:52
(6 years ago)

Affected Products

Mozilla

Redhat

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0
  Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0
  Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0
  Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0
  Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0
  Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0
  Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.3 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.3
  Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.4 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4
  Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.3 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.3
  Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.4 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.4
  Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.5 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5
  Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0
  Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0

Configuration #2

    CPE23 From Up To
  Mozilla Firefox prior 53.0 version cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox < 53.0

Configuration #3

    CPE23 From Up To
  Mozilla Firefox Esr prior 52.1.0 version cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr < 52.1.0

Configuration #4

    CPE23 From Up To
  Mozilla Thunderbird prior 52.1.0 version cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird < 52.1.0