CVE-2017-5397

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    CVE-2017-5397

    Published: 11 Jun 2018Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

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

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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