CVE-2017-7759

HIGH

Firefox < 54.0 - Exposure of Sensitive Information via Android Intent URL Handling

Title source: llm

Description

Android intent URLs given to Firefox for Android can be used to navigate from HTTP or HTTPS URLs to local "file:" URLs, allowing for the reading of local data through a violation of same-origin policy. Note: This attack only affects Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are not affected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 54.

References (4)

Core 4

Core References

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99052

Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_confirm

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1356893

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0030

EPSS Percentile 53.4%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE

CWE-200

Status published

Products (2)

google/android

mozilla/firefox < 54.0

Published Jun 11, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026