CVE-2017-16541
Tor Browser File:// Anonymity Bypass Vulnerability
Description
Tor Browser before 7.0.9 on macOS and Linux allows remote attackers to bypass the intended anonymity feature and discover a client IP address via vectors involving a crafted web site that leverages file:// mishandling in Firefox, aka TorMoil. NOTE: Tails is unaffected.
INFO
Published Date :
Nov. 4, 2017, 6:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 3:16 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2017-16541 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2017-16541
vulnerability.
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2017-16541 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2017-16541 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101665 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041610 Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2692 Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2693 Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3403 Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3458 Added Reference https://blog.torproject.org/tor-browser-709-released Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1412081 Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00011.html Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01 Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13 Added Reference https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/24052 Added Reference https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/tormoil-vulnerability-leaks-real-ip-address-from-tor-browser-users/ Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4327 Added Reference https://www.wearesegment.com/research/tormoil-torbrowser-unspecified-critical-security-vulnerability/ -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 18, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101665 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101665 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041610 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041610 Broken Link Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2692 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2692 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2693 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2693 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3403 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3403 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3458 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3458 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1412081 Permissions Required https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1412081 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00011.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00011.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4327 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4327 Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Sep. 08, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 25, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 13, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00011.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 06, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3458 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 31, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3403 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 26, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4327 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 20, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-01 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 13, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2693 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2692 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 08, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041610 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 27, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Changed Reference Type https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/tormoil-vulnerability-leaks-real-ip-address-from-tor-browser-users/ No Types Assigned https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/tormoil-vulnerability-leaks-real-ip-address-from-tor-browser-users/ Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101665 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101665 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://blog.torproject.org/tor-browser-709-released No Types Assigned https://blog.torproject.org/tor-browser-709-released Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.wearesegment.com/research/tormoil-torbrowser-unspecified-critical-security-vulnerability/ No Types Assigned https://www.wearesegment.com/research/tormoil-torbrowser-unspecified-critical-security-vulnerability/ Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1412081 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1412081 Permissions Required Changed Reference Type https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/24052 No Types Assigned https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/24052 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory Added CWE CWE-200 Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:torproject:tor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 7.0.9 OR cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 08, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101665 [No Types Assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-16541 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2017-16541
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.36 }} -0.47%
score
0.71991
percentile