CVE-2017-5454 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2017-5454 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 0.53% · 67.2th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.53%

67.2th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	thunderbird	0, 1:24.0+build1-0ubuntu1, 1:24.0+build1-0ubuntu2
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	thunderbird	1:45.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 1:45.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 1:45.5.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	firefox	49.0+build4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 49.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 50.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	firefox	48.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 49.0+build4-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 49.0.2+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

Timeline

Apr 20, 2017 CVE Published
Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5454 third-party-advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/#CVE-2017-5454 third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3260-1 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3278-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5454 third-party-advisory

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