A mechanism to bypass file system access protections in the sandbox using the file system request constructor through an IPC message. This allows for read and write access to the local file system. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 52.1 and Firefox < 53.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Jun 11, 2018 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade firefoxUpgrade firefox-debuginfo | Apr 21, 2017 | Apr 20, 2017 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade firefox-esrUpgrade libxulUpgrade firefoxUpgrade linux-firefoxUpgrade seamonkeyUpgrade linux-thunderbirdUpgrade linux-seamonkeyUpgrade thunderbird | Apr 20, 2017 | Apr 19, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp1 | — | Upgrade firefox | Oct 4, 2019 | Jun 11, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade firefox | Oct 4, 2019 | Jun 11, 2018 |
| Mfsa2017 10 | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 53.0Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla Firefox | Jul 12, 2018 | Jun 11, 2018 |
| Mfsa2017 12 | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla FirefoxUpgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 52.1 | Apr 20, 2017 | Apr 19, 2017 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade entire/ to version 11.4-11.4.0.0.1.15.0 on Solaris 11.4 | Oct 19, 2018 | Jun 11, 2018 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade firefox | Apr 20, 2017 | Apr 19, 2017 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade firefox-debuginfoUpgrade firefoxNo solution exists | Apr 20, 2017 | Apr 20, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade mozilla-nss-32bitUpgrade MozillaFirefox-branding-SLEDUpgrade libfreebl3-32bitUpgrade libsoftokn3Upgrade libfreebl3-x86Upgrade mozilla-nssUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-otherUpgrade MozillaFirefox-develUpgrade mozilla-nss-develUpgrade libfreebl3Upgrade firefox-gcc5Upgrade firefox-libstdc++6Upgrade mozillafirefox-branding-sleUpgrade firefox-libffi4Upgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-commonUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translationsUpgrade firefox-libffi-gcc5Upgrade libsoftokn3-32bitUpgrade mozilla-nss-toolsUpgrade mozilla-nss-x86Upgrade MozillaFirefoxUpgrade libsoftokn3-x86 | Jun 26, 2017 | Apr 20, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade firefox | Apr 21, 2017 | Apr 20, 2017 |
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