PT-2017-3983 · Mozilla+5 · Firefox Esr+7

Haik Aftandilian · Published 2017-03-21 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2017-5454

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Thunderbird versions prior to 52.1 Firefox ESR versions prior to 52.1 Firefox versions prior to 53

Description The issue allows for bypassing file system access protections in the sandbox, enabling read-only access to the local file system through the use of relative paths in the file picker. This can potentially allow a remote attacker to access protected information.

Recommendations For Thunderbird versions prior to 52.1, update to version 52.1 or later. For Firefox ESR versions prior to 52.1, update to version 52.1 or later. For Firefox versions prior to 53, update to version 53 or later.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1553

ALT-PU-2017-1577

ALT-PU-2017-1578

ALT-PU-2018-1854

BDU:2020-05847

CESA-2017_1106

CESA-2017_1201

CVE-2017-5454

MGASA-2017-0139

MGASA-2018-0018

OPENSUSE-SU-2017:1268-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10601-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

RHSA-2017:1106

RHSA-2017:1201

RHSA-2017_1106

RHSA-2017_1201

SUSE-SU-2017:1669-1

SUSE-SU-2017:2235-1

USN-3260-1

USN-3260-2

USN-3278-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Firefox

Firefox Esr

Red Hat

Suse

Thunderbird

Ubuntu

References · 2062

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3260-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0018.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3260-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1349276 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3278-1?_ga=2.91217818.1630830267.1608209597-1543702552.1605094901 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5435 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5454 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5430 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3260-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5468 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5456 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5441 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-19 · Vendor Advisory