CVE-2017-5454

CVE Details

Release Date:

2018-06-11

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.

See more information about CVE-2017-5454 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	5	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	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

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