CVE-2017-7762
Mozilla: address bar username and password spoofing in reader mode
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
1Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
When entered directly, Reader Mode did not strip the username and password section of URLs displayed in the addressbar. This can be used for spoofing the domain of the current page. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 54.
Al acceder a él directamente, Reader Mode no eliminó la sección de nombre de usuario y contraseña de las URL mostradas en la barra de direcciones. Esto puede emplearse para suplantar el dominio de la página actual. La vulnerabilidad afecta a Firefox en versiones anteriores a la 54.
Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, read uninitialized memory, obtain sensitive information, spoof the addressbar contents, or execute arbitrary code. Multiple security issues were discovered in the Graphite 2 library used by Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, read uninitialized memory, or execute arbitrary code. Various other issues were also addressed.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2017-04-12 CVE Reserved
- 2017-06-15 CVE Published
- 2024-08-05 CVE Updated
- 2024-08-05 First Exploit
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
- CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
- CWE-290: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
CAPEC
References (8)
URL | Tag | Source |
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99047 | Third Party Advisory | |
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689 | Third Party Advisory |
URL | Date | SRC |
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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1358248 | 2024-08-05 |
URL | Date | SRC |
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URL | Date | SRC |
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2112 | 2018-07-30 | |
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2113 | 2018-07-30 | |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15 | 2018-07-30 | |
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7762 | 2018-06-28 | |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1590493 | 2018-06-28 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Desktop Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop" | 6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop" and version "6.0" | - |
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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" | - |
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Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Server Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server" | 6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server" and version "6.0" | - |
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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" | - |
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Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Workstation Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation" | 6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation" and version "6.0" | - |
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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" | - |
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Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" | < 54.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " < 54.0" | - |
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