CVE-2017-5397 | BDVDB-2026-102209 Detail

MozillaFirefox

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1337304
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96144
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-04/

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12018-06-11Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-05Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.