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CVE-2017-5427

N/A

Published: June 11, 2018 at 09:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:20 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorFirefox

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.2%

Description

A non-existent chrome.manifest file will attempt to be loaded during startup from the primary installation directory. If a malicious user with local access puts chrome.manifest and other referenced files in this directory, they will be loaded and activated during startup. This could result in malicious software being added without consent or modification of referenced installed files. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52.

Affected

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

Firefox · Mozilla

95%

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

Remediation

No guide yet

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

Patch and advisory references

References (4)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96692

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966

x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1295542

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/

CVSS

1.9LOW[email protected]

Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-362

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