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CVE-2017-5456 PUBLISHED

A mechanism to bypass file system access protections in the sandbox using the file system request constructor through an IPC message. This allows for read and write access to the local file system. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 52.1 and Firefox < 53.

EPSS 0.35% · 57.1th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.35%

57.1th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	firefox	0, 41.0.2+build2-0ubuntu1, 42.0+build2-0ubuntu1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	firefox	39.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 39.0.3+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 40.0+build4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Timeline

Apr 20, 2017 CVE Published
Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
Jun 22, 2021 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5456 third-party-advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/#CVE-2017-5456 third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3260-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5456 third-party-advisory

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