CVE-2017-5455

Mozilla: Sandbox escape through internal feed reader APIs (MFSA 2017-12)

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The internal feed reader APIs that crossed the sandbox barrier allowed for a sandbox escape and escalation of privilege if combined with another vulnerability that resulted in remote code execution inside the sandboxed process. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 52.1 and Firefox < 53.

Las API del lector de feeds interno que cruzaron la barrera del sandbox permitieron un escape del sandbox y un escalado de privilegios si se combinaban con otra vulnerabilidad que resultaba en la ejecución remota de código dentro del proceso sandbox. La vulnerabilidad afecta a Firefox ESR en versiones anteriores a la 52.1 y Firefox en versiones anteriores a la 53.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-01-13 CVE Reserved
2017-04-21 CVE Published
2024-05-21 EPSS Updated
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2024-08-05 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (8)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1341191	2024-08-05

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106	2019-10-03
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10	2019-10-03
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12	2019-10-03
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5455	2017-04-21
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1443334	2017-04-21

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux"				7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Desktop Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop"				7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server"				7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Aus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Aus"				7.3 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Aus" and version "7.3"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Aus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Aus"				7.4 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Aus" and version "7.4"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Eus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Eus"				7.3 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Eus" and version "7.3"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Eus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Eus"				7.4 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Eus" and version "7.4"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Eus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Eus"				7.5 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Eus" and version "7.5"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Workstation Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation"				7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				< 53.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " < 53.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				< 52.1.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version " < 52.1.0"		-		Affected