CVE-2017-5425

N/A
Published: June 11, 2018 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:20 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorFirefoxThunderbird· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

The Gecko Media Plugin sandbox allows access to local files that match specific regular expressions. On OS OX, this matching allows access to some data in subdirectories of "/private/var" that could expose personal or temporary data. This has been updated to not allow access to "/private/var" and its subdirectories. Note: this issue only affects OS X. Other operating systems are not affected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52 and Thunderbird < 52.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 52
Affected range stops below 52, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 52.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
apple-macos (environment)
v < 52
Affected range stops below 52, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 52.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
apple-macos (environment)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (5)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96692
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1322716

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200

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