CVE-2017-5454

CVE Details

Release Date:	2018-06-11
Impact:	None	What is this?

Description

A mechanism to bypass file system access protections in the sandbox touse 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.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	5.0
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2017-1201	2017-05-08
Oracle Linux version 7 (firefox)	ELSA-2017-1106	2017-04-20
Oracle Linux version 7 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2017-1201	2017-05-08