CVE-2017-5456

A mechanism to bypass file system access protections in the sandbox using the file system request constructor through an IPC message. This allows for read and write access to the local file system. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 52.1 and Firefox < 53.

Affected

Mozilla · Firefox ESR · Firefox

CVSS v3.0 NVD

9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 NVD

7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

2.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 86th percentile

Published

2018-06-11

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1344415

Security advisories

• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry