CVE-2017-5397

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
9.8
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.527

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2017-5397 are fixed in Mozilla Firefox For Mac 51.0.3Mac

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-613630Mozilla Firefox For Mac (147.0.4)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234