A non-existent chrome.manifest file will attempt to be loaded during startup from the primary installation directory. If a malicious user with local access puts chrome.manifest and other referenced files in this directory, they will be loaded and activated during startup. This could result in malicious software being added without consent or modification of referenced installed files. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2018-06-11T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:04:13.318Z

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

Link: CVE-2017-5427

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:05.407

Modified: 2018-08-07T18:06:07.003

Link: CVE-2017-5427

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