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high 7.5

CVE-2017-5454 json

A mechanism to bypass file system access protections in the sandbox to use the file picker to access different files than those selected in…

published 2018-06-11 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-14558

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.4%
EPSS 2.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • Mozilla Thunderbird 52.1
  • Mozilla Firefox ESR 52.1
  • Mozilla Firefox 53
  • firefox Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 53.0+build6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  • firefox Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 53.0+build6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  • thunderbird Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1:52.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  • thunderbird Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1:52.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5454

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  • firefox RHEL 7 52.1.0-2.el7_3
  • thunderbird RHEL 6 52.1.0-1.el6_9
  • thunderbird RHEL 7 52.1.0-1.el7_3

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:1106RHSA-2017:1201

  • mozilla-nss SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP3-TERADATA +3 more 3.29.5-47.3.2
  • firefox-gcc5 SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP3-TERADATA +2 more 5.3.1+r233831-7.1
  • MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP3-TERADATA +3 more 52.2.0esr-72.5.2
  • firefox-libffi-gcc5 SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP3-TERADATA +2 more 5.3.1+r233831-7.1
  • MozillaFirefox-branding-SLED SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP3-TERADATA +2 more 52-24.3.44
  • MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES for SAP 12 +6 more 52-31.1
  • MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES for SAP 12 +7 more 52.2.0esr-108.3

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:2235-1SUSE-SU-2017:1669-1

  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 92.0-1.2
  • MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Tumbleweed 91.1.1-1.1
  • MozillaThunderbird Package Hub 12 52.1.0-30.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10601-1openSUSE-SU-2017:1268-1

  • firefox Arch Linux 53.0-1

arch linux advisories AVG-249

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-5454 updated cvss 7.5

Mozilla: Sandbox escape allowing file system read access through file picker (MFSA 2017-12)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 firefox, thunderbird
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) firefox 52.1.0-2.el7_3, thunderbird 52.1.0-1.el7_3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1201
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) firefox 52.1.0-2.el7_3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1106
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) thunderbird 52.1.0-1.el6_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1201
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) firefox 52.1.0-2.el7_3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1106
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) thunderbird 52.1.0-1.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) firefox 52.1.0-2.el7_3, thunderbird 52.1.0-1.el7_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) thunderbird 52.1.0-1.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) firefox 52.1.0-2.el7_3, thunderbird 52.1.0-1.el7_3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1201
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) firefox 52.1.0-2.el7_3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1106
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 firefox
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

2.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Mozilla Thunderbird
  • Mozilla Firefox ESR
  • Mozilla Firefox

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

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