The cache directory on the local file system is set to be world writable. Firefox defaults to extracting libraries from this cache. This allows for the possibility of an installed malicious application or tools with write access to the file system to replace files used by Firefox with their own versions. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 51.0.3.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-14501 The cache directory on the local file system is set to be world writable. Firefox defaults to extracting libraries from this cache. This allows for the possibility of an installed malicious application or tools with write access to the file system to replace files used by Firefox with their own versions. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 51.0.3.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T14:55:35.905Z

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

Link: CVE-2017-5397

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Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:03.827

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:27:31.530

Link: CVE-2017-5397

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