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CVE-2017-7815 Detail

Description

On pages containing an iframe, the "data:" protocol can be used to create a modal dialog through Javascript that will have an arbitrary domains as the dialog's location, spoofing of the origin of the modal dialog from the user view. Note: This attack only affects installations with e10 multiprocess turned off. Installations with e10s turned on do not support the modal dialog functionality. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 56.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101057 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101057 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039465 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039465 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1368981 Exploit  Issue Tracking 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1368981 Exploit  Issue Tracking 
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-21/ Vendor Advisory 
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-21/ Vendor Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-7815
NVD Published Date:
06/11/2018
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
Mozilla Corporation