CVE-2017-5397

CVSS V2 High 10 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
Description
The cache directory on the local file system is set to be world writable. Firefox defaults to extracting libraries from this cache. This allows for the possibility of an installed malicious application or tools with write access to the file system to replace files used by Firefox with their own versions. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 51.0.3.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-5397
  • Assigner
  • security@mozilla.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-06-11T21:29:03
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-03T00:03:26
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 51.0.3
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 10
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-04/ Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1337304 Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96144 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:27:01 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 07:41:45 2018-06-11T21:29Z 2018-06-11T21:29:03 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 07:41:45 2019-10-03T00:03:26 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 07:41:45 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated