CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-5381
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-06-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
Description
The "export" function in the Certificate Viewer can force local filesystem navigation when the "common name" in a certificate contains slashes, allowing certificate content to be saved in unsafe locations with an arbitrary filename. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 51.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox (< 51.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95763 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037693 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1017616 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-01/ Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95763 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037693 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1017616 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-01/ Vendor Advisory