CVE-2017-5420

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    CVE-2017-5420

    Published: 11 Jun 2018Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: A "javascript:" url loaded by a malicious page can obfuscate its location by blanking the URL displayed in the addressbar, allowing for an attacker to spoof an existing page without the malicious page's address being displayed correctly. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52.

    References: , http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96692, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966, https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1284395

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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