CVE-2017-5393 Information

Description

The \mozAddonManager\ allows for the installation of extensions from the CDN for addons.mozilla.org a publicly accessible site. This could allow malicious extensions to install additional extensions from the CDN in combination with an XSS attack on Mozilla AMO sites. This vulnerability affects Firefox 51.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95763 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037693 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1309282 https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-01/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

CHANGED

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

LOW

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

6.1