CVE-2017-5454

moderate-risk
Published 2018-06-11

A mechanism to bypass file system access protections in the sandbox to use the file picker to access different files than those selected in the file picker through the use of relative paths. This allows for read only access to the local file system. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.1, Firefox ESR < 52.1, and Firefox < 53.

Do I need to act?

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0.53% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.5/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (15)

Affected Vendors

Redhat Mozilla

References (16)

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1201
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1349276
Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/
Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/
Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1201
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1349276
Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/
Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/
Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/
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moderate-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal
Exposure 18/34 · Moderate