CVE-2017-5420

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.5
Description
A "javascript:" url loaded by a malicious page can obfuscate its location by blanking the URL displayed in the addressbar, allowing for an attacker to spoof an existing page without the malicious page's address being displayed correctly. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-5420
  • Assigner
  • security@mozilla.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-06-11T21:29:05
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-08-07T17:51:05
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 52.0
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 6.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/ Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1284395 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96692 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5420
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5420
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:40:05 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 07:43:06 2018-06-11T21:29Z 2018-06-11T21:29:05 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 07:43:06 2018-08-07T17:51:05 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 07:43:06 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated