A non-existent chrome.manifest file will attempt to be loaded during startup from the primary installation directory. If a malicious user with local access puts chrome.manifest and other referenced files in this directory, they will be loaded and activated during startup. This could result in malicious software being added without consent or modification of referenced installed files. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52.
References
Link Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96692 VDB Entry Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1295542 Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/ Vendor Advisory
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cve-icon 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-2017-5427

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:05.407

Modified: 2018-08-07T18:06:07.003


Link: CVE-2017-5427

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