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CVE-2017-5393 PUBLISHED

The "mozAddonManager" allows for the installation of extensions from the CDN for addons.mozilla.org, a publicly accessible site. This could allow malicious extensions to install additional extensions from the CDN in combination with an XSS attack on Mozilla AMO sites. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 51.

EPSS 0.47% · 64.2th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.47%

64.2th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	firefox	0, 24.0+build1-0ubuntu1, 25.0+build3-0ubuntu0.13.10.1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	firefox	0, 41.0.2+build2-0ubuntu1, 42.0+build2-0ubuntu1

Timeline

Jan 25, 2017 CVE Published
Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
Jun 22, 2021 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5393 third-party-advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-01/#CVE-2017-5393 third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3175-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5393 third-party-advisory

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