CVE-2017-7816

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 Medium 5.3
Description
WebExtensions could use popups and panels in the extension UI to load an "about:" privileged URL, violating security checks that disallow this behavior. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 56.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-7816
  • Assigner
  • security@mozilla.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-06-11T21:29:10
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-03T00:03:26
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 55.0.3
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • 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:L/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5.3
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 1.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-21/ Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1380597 Exploit Issue Tracking
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039465 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101057 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7816
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7816
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:28:10 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 07:49:22 2018-06-11T21:29Z 2018-06-11T21:29:10 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 07:49:22 2019-10-03T00:03:26 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 07:49:22 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated