CVE-2017-5456
A mechanism to bypass file system access protections in the sandbox using the file system request constructor through an IPC message. This allows for read and write access to the local file system.
02 Description
A mechanism to bypass file system access protections in the sandbox using the file system request constructor through an IPC message. This allows for read and write access to the local file system.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.72% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 85.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-06-11 21:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 15:04Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-01-13
- Assigning CNA
- mozilla
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical ResourceClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- cde253a5774e07e73507763f8e1b4cadf200e0108cee4c37abf5117451a20b14
05 Affected products
06 References
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1106https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106
- www.mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/
- bugzilla.mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1344415
- www.mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/
- www.securityfocus.com97940http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940
- www.securitytracker.com1038320http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- firefox Fixed in 53.0-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- firefox Fixed in 53.0+build6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- firefox Fixed in 53.0+build6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.