CVE-2017-5454

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
MozillaThunderbirdunspecified < 52.1affected
MozillaFirefox ESRunspecified < 52.1affected
MozillaFirefoxunspecified < 53affected

Weaknesses

  • Sandbox escape allowing file system read access through file picker

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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