CVE-2017-5381

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
The "export" function in the Certificate Viewer can force local filesystem navigation when the "common name" in a certificate contains slashes, allowing certificate content to be saved in unsafe locations with an arbitrary filename. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 51.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-5381
  • Assigner
  • security@mozilla.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-06-11T21:29:03
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-03T00:03:26
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-22 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 51.0
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-01/ Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1017616 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037693 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95763 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5381
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5381
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:26:59 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 07:40:44 2018-06-11T21:29Z 2018-06-11T21:29:03 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 07:40:44 2019-10-03T00:03:26 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 07:40:44 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated