Access Restriction Bypass Affecting firefox package, versions <23.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.10.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.88% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1210-FIREFOX-424427
  • published7 Aug 2013
  • disclosed7 Aug 2013

Introduced: 7 Aug 2013

CVE-2013-1717  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:12.10 firefox to version 23.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.10.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:12.10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Mozilla Firefox before 23.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.8, Thunderbird before 17.0.8, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.20 do not properly restrict local-filesystem access by Java applets, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read arbitrary files by leveraging a download to a fixed pathname or other predictable pathname.

CVSS Scores

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