vulnerability
Arch Linux: Privilege escalation (CVE-2017-5391)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Jun 11, 2018 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jun 11, 2018
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
In Firefox < 51, special about: pages used by web content, such as RSS feeds, can load privileged about: pages in an iframe. If a content-injection bug were found in one of those pages this could allow for potential privilege escalation.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2017-5391
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-5391
- URL-http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95763
- URL-http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037693
- URL-https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1309310
- URL-https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201701-39
- URL-https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-01
- URL-https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-01/
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