NVD - CVE-2017-7798

CVE-2017-7798 Detail

Current Description

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.

Source: MITRE
Description Last Modified: 06/11/2018
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Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.8 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 2.8

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.8 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100198	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039124	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2456	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1371586%2C1372112	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3928	Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-19/	Vendor Advisory

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

Code Injection (CWE-94)

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Change History

2 change records found - show changes

Initial Analysis - 8/9/2018 12:16:07 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::* versions up to (excluding) 55.0
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr::::::::* versions up to (excluding) 52.3.0
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::
Added	CPE Configuration		Record truncated, showing 500 of 865 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.3::::::: *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus
Added	CVSS V2		(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Added	CVSS V2 Metadata		Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Added	CVSS V3		AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Added	CWE		CWE-94
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100198 No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100198 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039124 No Types Assigned	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039124 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2456 No Types Assigned	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2456 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1371586%2C1372112 No Types Assigned	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1371586%2C1372112 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3928 No Types Assigned	https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3928 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/ No Types Assigned	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/ Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-19/ No Types Assigned	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-19/ Vendor Advisory

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-7798
NVD Published Date:
06/11/2018
NVD Last Modified:
08/09/2018

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