CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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4.1 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 52 (Web Browser). This affects some unknown processing of the component RSS Reader. The manipulation of the argument title
with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does
not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the
properties that are required to process the data safely and
correctly. This is going to have an impact on integrity.
The bug was discovered 04/19/2017. The weakness was presented 04/19/2017 by Huzaifa Sidhpurwala with Zero Day Initiative as MFSA 2017-10 as confirmed security advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-5453 since 01/13/2017. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 99496 (FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (5e0a038a-ca30-416d-a2f5-38cbf5e7df33)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading to version 53 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (99496). See 100289, 100290, 100291 and 100292 for similar entries.
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
Version
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.2
VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 4.3
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Input validationCWE: CWE-20
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 99496
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (5e0a038a-ca30-416d-a2f5-38cbf5e7df33)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
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OpenVAS ID: 802170
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox Security Updates(mfsa_2017-10_2017-12)-Windows
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Firefox 53
Timeline
01/13/2017 🔍04/19/2017 🔍
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12/21/2020 🔍
Sources
Vendor: mozilla.orgProduct: mozilla.org
Advisory: MFSA 2017-10
Researcher: Huzaifa Sidhpurwala
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍
CVE: CVE-2017-5453 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1038320
SecurityFocus: 97940 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-5453 - Mozilla - Firefox - Spoofing Issue
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Entry
Created: 04/20/2017 14:54Updated: 12/21/2020 08:17
Changes: 04/20/2017 14:54 (79), 09/18/2020 16:06 (8), 12/21/2020 08:17 (3)
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