CVE-2017-5414 — Sensitive Information Exposure in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-200 — Sensitive Information Exposure8 documents5 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV9.8
EPSS
0.1%
top 67.61%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Mozilla FirefoxMozilla ThunderbirdDebian Firefox
Timeline
PublishedJun 11
Latest updateMay 14

Description

The file picker dialog can choose and display the wrong local default directory when instantiated. On some operating systems, this can lead to information disclosure, such as the operating system or the local account name. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52 and Thunderbird < 52.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages6 packages

▶debiandebian/firefox< firefox 52.0-1 (sid)
▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified — 52
▶NVDmozilla/firefox< 52.0
▶CVEListV5mozilla/thunderbirdunspecified — 52

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-fch2-qg6h-c37w: The file picker dialog can choose and display the wrong local default directory when instantiated↗2022-05-14
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OSV
firefox regression↗2017-03-30
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OSV
firefox vulnerabilities↗2017-03-07
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OSV
CVE-2017-5414: The file picker dialog can choose and display the wrong local default directory when instantiated↗2017-03-07
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Firefox regression↗2017-03-30
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Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2017-03-07
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Debian
CVE-2017-5414: firefox - The file picker dialog can choose and display the wrong local default directory ...↗2017
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