CVE-2017-5417

Publication date 7 March 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

When dragging content from the primary browser pane to the addressbar on a malicious site, it is possible to change the addressbar so that the displayed location following navigation does not match the URL of the newly loaded page. This allows for spoofing attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
firefox	17.04 zesty	Fixed 52.0.1+build2-0ubuntu1
	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 52.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 52.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 52.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 52.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.3 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)