CVE-2017-5456

Name
CVE-2017-5456
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.
NVD Severity
unknown
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106
Exploit https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1344415
Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/
Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* enterprise_linux == None == 7.0
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* enterprise_linux_desktop == None == 7.0
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* enterprise_linux_server == None == 7.0
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* enterprise_linux_server_aus == None == 7.3
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* enterprise_linux_server_aus == None == 7.4
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* enterprise_linux_server_eus == None == 7.3
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* enterprise_linux_server_eus == None == 7.4
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* enterprise_linux_server_eus == None == 7.5
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* enterprise_linux_workstation == None == 7.0

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status