PT-2017-16497 · Mozilla+3 · Firefox+4

Abdulrahman Alqabandi · Published 2017-03-07 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2017-5414

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Firefox versions prior to 52 Thunderbird versions prior to 52

Description The file picker dialog can choose and display the wrong local default directory when instantiated, potentially leading to information disclosure, such as the operating system or the local account name, on some operating systems.

Recommendations For Firefox versions prior to 52, update to version 52 or later to resolve the issue. For Thunderbird versions prior to 52, update to version 52 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1322

ALT-PU-2017-1447

ALT-PU-2017-1578

CVE-2017-5414

MGASA-2018-0018

OPENSUSE-SU-2017:1268-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2017_0690-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10601-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

USN-3216-1

USN-3216-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Firefox

Suse

Thunderbird

Ubuntu

References · 2006

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5400 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0018.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3216-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3216-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5399 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/#CVE-2017-5414 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5422 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5426 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5405 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-19 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3216-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5415 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5414 · Vendor Advisory