PT-2017-16468 · Mozilla+3 · Firefox+3

Jann Horn · Published 2017-01-24 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2017-5381

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Firefox versions prior to 51

Description The issue arises from the "export" function in the Certificate Viewer, which can force local filesystem navigation when the "common name" in a certificate contains slashes. This allows certificate content to be saved in unsafe locations with an arbitrary filename.

Recommendations For versions prior to 51, update to version 51 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1138

ALT-PU-2017-1578

CVE-2017-5381

MGASA-2017-0323

OPENSUSE-SU-2017_0358-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

USN-3175-1

USN-3175-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Firefox

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 1906

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5390 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5381 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5374 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5383 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5373 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5381 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5387 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5378 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-01/#CVE-2017-5381 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5376 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3175-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0323 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94 · Vendor Advisory