Medium severity · published Jun 11, 2018
CVE-2017-5466
If a page is loaded from an original site through a hyperlink and contains a redirect to a "data:text/html" URL, triggering a reload will run the reloaded "data:text/html" page…
6.1
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
If a page is loaded from an original site through a hyperlink and contains a redirect to a "data:text/html" URL, triggering a reload will run the reloaded "data:text/html" page with its origin set incorrectly. This allows for a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.1, Firefox ESR < 52.1, and Firefox < 53.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 74% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FI
Firefox · Mozilla
before 53.0; before 52.1.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Aus · Redhat
7.3; 7.4 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Eus · Redhat
7.3; 7.4; 7.5 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
TH
Thunderbird · Mozilla
before 52.1.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5466
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5466
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1201
Exploit
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1353975
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/
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