CVE-2017-5463

MEDIUM

Firefox < 53.0 - Address Bar Spoofing via Android Intent

Title source: llm

Description

Android intents can be used to launch Firefox for Android in reader mode with a user specified URL. This allows an attacker to spoof the contents of the addressbar as displayed to users. Note: This attack only affects Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are not affected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 53.

References (4)

Core 4

Core References

Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1338867

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3

EPSS 0.0077

EPSS Percentile 73.7%

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-20

Status published

Products (1)

mozilla/firefox < 53.0

Published Jun 11, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026