PT-2017-16507 · Mozilla+3 · Firefox+3

Mike Kaply · Published 2017-03-07 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2017-5427

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

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

Description A security issue exists where a non-existent chrome.manifest file is attempted to be loaded during startup from the primary installation directory. If a malicious user with local access places chrome.manifest and other referenced files in this directory, they will be loaded and activated during startup. This could result in malicious software being added without consent or modification of referenced installed files.

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

Fix

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1322

ALT-PU-2017-1578

CVE-2017-5427

MGASA-2018-0018

OPENSUSE-SU-2017_0690-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

USN-3216-1

USN-3216-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Firefox

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 1912

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5400 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5427 · Security Note
• 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://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