CVE-2017-5427

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Jun 11, 2018
Updated: Aug 5, 2024
Reserved: Jan 13, 2017

Description

A non-existent chrome.manifest file will attempt to be loaded during startup from the primary installation directory. If a malicious user with local access puts chrome.manifest and other referenced files in this directory, they will be loaded and activated during startup. This could result in malicious software being added without consent or modification of referenced installed files. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
FirefoxMozilla	before 52Affected

References

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1295542
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/
1037966vdb-entry
96692vdb-entry

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