Vulnerability CVE-2017-5427


Published: 2018-06-11

Description:
A non-existent chrome.manifest file will attempt to be loaded during startup from the primary installation directory. If a malicious user with local access puts chrome.manifest and other referenced files in this directory, they will be loaded and activated during startup. This could result in malicious software being added without consent or modification of referenced installed files. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52.

Type:

CWE-362

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
1.9/10
2.9/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Mozilla -> Firefox 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96692
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1295542
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/

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