CVE-2017-5454

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…

published June 11, 2018

CVSS
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EPSS
2%
Percentile
84.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02437 · 84.1th percentile
Published
2018-06-11T21:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 JUN 21:00Z
    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…
    cvelistv5