CVE-2017-5393

Publication date 25 January 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

The "mozAddonManager" allows for the installation of extensions from the CDN for addons.mozilla.org, a publicly accessible site. This could allow malicious extensions to install additional extensions from the CDN in combination with an XSS attack on Mozilla AMO sites. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 51.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
firefox	17.04 zesty	Fixed 52.0.1+build2-0ubuntu1
	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
thunderbird	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.10 yakkety	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.1 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality	Low
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)