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Vulnerability · NVD

CVE-2017-5454

HIGH 7.5

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.

Attack vector : Network No privileges required No user interaction
Show raw CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS 2.52% above median percentile 83.4%

Tracked apps referencing this CVE

For each app: the affected range, the fixing version, and where the tracked app stands today.

NVD references 8 distinct products for this CVE — only those tracked by Scout (mobile and desktop catalog apps) are listed above. Libraries, servers and out-of-scope products do not appear here. Full list on NVD ↗

Vulnerable CPE configurations (1)
Vendor Product Versions
mozilla thunderbird
All platforms (wildcard)
<52.1.0
View on NVD ↗ Advisory · bugzilla.mozilla.org Advisory · www.mozilla.org