Description
Special "about:" pages used by web content, such as RSS feeds, can load privileged "about:" pages in an iframe. If a content-injection bug were found in one of those pages this could allow for potential privilege escalation. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 51.
Published: 2018-06-11
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 2.4% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-14495 Special "about:" pages used by web content, such as RSS feeds, can load privileged "about:" pages in an iframe. If a content-injection bug were found in one of those pages this could allow for potential privilege escalation. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 51.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3175-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T14:55:35.711Z

Reserved: 2017-01-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-5391

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Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:03.560

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:27:30.737

Link: CVE-2017-5391

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