CVE-2017-5455
Mozilla Firefox Firefox Some Origin Content Process Escalation
Description
The internal feed reader APIs that crossed the sandbox barrier allowed for a sandbox escape and escalation of privilege if combined with another vulnerability that resulted in remote code execution inside the sandboxed process. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 52.1 and Firefox < 53.
INFO
Published Date :
June 11, 2018, 9:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Oct. 3, 2019, 12:03 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
3.9
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2017-5455
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2017-5455.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1341191 | Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/ | Vendor Advisory |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/ | Vendor Advisory |
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CWE Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 03, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CWE CWE-264 CWE-264 NVD-CWE-noinfo -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 09, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/ Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1341191 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1341191 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/ Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Added CWE CWE-264 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 53.0 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 52.1.0 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jun. 13, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940 [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-2017-5455 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-2017-5455
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
2.04 }} 0.04%
score
0.88955
percentile