The "mozAddonManager" allows for the installation of extensions from the CDN for addons.mozilla.org, a publicly accessible site. This could allow malicious extensions to install additional extensions from the CDN in combination with an XSS attack on Mozilla AMO sites. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 51.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95763 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037693 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1309282 | Permissions Required |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-01/ | Vendor Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mozilla
Published: 2018-06-11T21:00:00
Updated: 2018-06-12T09:57:01
Reserved: 2017-01-13T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2017-5393
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:03.640
Modified: 2018-08-07T17:30:38.487
Link: CVE-2017-5393
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE