5.5med
CVE-2017-5427
A non-existent chrome.manifest file will attempt to be loaded during startup from the primary installation directory.
Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
5.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.2%
percentile 15%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
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.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.24% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 1.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization
References
- bugzilla.mozilla.org /show_bug.cgi?id=1295542 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- mozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- securitytracker.com /id/1037966 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /bid/96692 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2017-5427
- NVD: CVE-2017-5427
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