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CVE-2017-7798

The Developer Tools feature suffers from a XUL injection vulnerability due to improper sanitization of the web page sour

The Developer Tools feature suffers from a XUL injection vulnerability due to improper sanitization of the web page source code. In the worst case, this could allow arbitrary code execution when opening a malicious page with the style editor tool. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 52.3 and Firefox < 55.

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 0.03574
Schedule remediation
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules1 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
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Affected Products & Versions

9
debian linuxall versions
redhat enterprise linuxall versions
redhat enterprise linux desktopall versions
redhat enterprise linux serverall versions
redhat enterprise linux server ausall versions
redhat enterprise linux server eusall versions
redhat enterprise linux workstationall versions
mozilla firefox< 55.0
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Sigma Hunt Rules

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Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighSQLite Firefox Profile Data DB Access
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Scoring & Timeline

8.8
HIGH · CVSS v3.0 · security@mozilla.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD11 Jun 2018 · 09:29 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Vendor Advisories

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suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10601-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2017:2589-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2017:2302-1
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100198Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039124Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1371586%2C1372112Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3928Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-19/Vendor Advisory
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