Description (CNA)
A mechanism to bypass file system access protections in the sandbox to use the file picker to access different files than those selected in the file picker through the use of relative paths. This allows for read only access to the local file system. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.1, Firefox ESR < 52.1, and Firefox < 53.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Mozilla / Thunderbird | affected unspecified before 52.1 |
| Mozilla / Firefox ESR | affected unspecified before 52.1 |
| Mozilla / Firefox | affected unspecified before 53 |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1349276
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1201
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1349276
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1201