Description
A mechanism to bypass file system access protections in the sandbox using the file system request constructor through an IPC message. This allows for read and write access to the local file system. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 52.1 and Firefox < 53.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
Mozilla Firefox ESR
unspecified to < 52.1affected
Mozilla Firefox
unspecified to < 53affected
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106 ↗
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/ ↗
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1344415 ↗
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/ ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940 ↗
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320 ↗