CVE-2017-7816 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

WebExtensions could use popups and panels in the extension UI to load an "about:" privileged URL, violating security checks that disallow this behavior. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 56.

Published: 2018-06-11

Score: 5.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Mozilla

Firefox

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 56

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-16791	WebExtensions could use popups and panels in the extension UI to load an "about:" privileged URL, violating security checks that disallow this behavior. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 56.
Ubuntu USN	USN-3435-1	Firefox vulnerabilities

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00272.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101057
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039465
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1380597
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-21/

History

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Subscriptions

Mozilla Firefox

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2018-06-11T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:12:28.379Z

Reserved: 2017-04-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-7816

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:10.657

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:32:43.463

Link: CVE-2017-7816

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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