VDB
CVE-2017-5454
CVE-2017-5454
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
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 2.49% · 83.9th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
2.49%
83.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | thunderbird | *, 1:45.3.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.4, 1:45.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | thunderbird | *, 0, 1:38.3.0+build1-0ubuntu2 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | firefox | 50.1.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | firefox | 0, 41.0.2+build2-0ubuntu1, 42.0+build2-0ubuntu1 |
Timeline
- Apr 20, 2017 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 25, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 29, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 2, 2022 EPSS Score
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- Sep 7, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 11, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
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