CVE-2017-5450 Information

Description

A mechanism to spoof the Firefox for Android addressbar using a \javascript:\ URI. On Firefox for Android the base domain is parsed incorrectly making the resulting location less visibly a spoofed site and showing an incorrect domain in appended notifications. This vulnerability affects Firefox 53.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1325955 https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

7.5