CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-5391
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-06-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
Special "about:" pages used by web content, such as RSS feeds, can load privileged "about:" pages in an iframe. If a content-injection bug were found in one of those pages this could allow for potential privilege escalation. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 51.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox (< 51.0)
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=1309310 Issue Tracking, Patch, 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=1309310 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-01/ Vendor Advisory