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CVE-2017-5454

N/A
Published: June 11, 2018 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:20 AM UTC
9 products affected across 2 vendorsFirefoxEnterprise LinuxThunderbird

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

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.

Affected

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

Firefox· Mozilla
95%
v < 52.1.0v < 53v < 53.0
Affected range stops below 53, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 53.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Thunderbird· Mozilla
95%
v < 52.1v < 52.1.0
Affected range stops below 52.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 52.1.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Enterprise Linux· Red Hatrpm
95%
6.07.0
Enterprise Linux Desktop· Red Hatrubygems
95%
6.07.0
Enterprise Linux Server· Red Hatrubygems
95%
6.07.0
Enterprise Linux Server Aus· Red Hatrubygems
95%
7.37.4
Enterprise Linux Server Eus· Red Hatrubygems
95%
7.37.47.5
Enterprise Linux Workstation· Red Hatrubygems
95%
6.07.0
Firefox ESR· Mozilla
60%
v < 52.1
Affected range stops below 52.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 52.1.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (8)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1201
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1349276
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/

CVSS

5MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200

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