CVE-2017-5426

MEDIUM

Firefox < 52 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

On Linux, if the secure computing mode BPF (seccomp-bpf) filter is running when the Gecko Media Plugin sandbox is started, the sandbox fails to be applied and items that would run within the sandbox are run protected only by the running filter which is typically weak compared to the sandbox. Note: this issue only affects Linux. Other operating systems are not affected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52 and Thunderbird < 52.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96694
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-09/
Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1257361
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0030
EPSS Percentile 53.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-732
Status published
Products (2)
mozilla/firefox < 52.0
mozilla/thunderbird < 52.0
Published Jun 11, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026