CVE-2017-5458

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    CVE-2017-5458

    Published: 11 Jun 2018Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: When a "javascript:" URL is drag and dropped by a user into the addressbar, the URL will be processed and executed. This allows for users to be socially engineered to execute an XSS attack on themselves. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 53.

    References: , http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320, https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1229426

    Affected packages

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    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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