When a "javascript:" URL is drag and dropped by a user into the addressbar, the URL will be processed and executed. This allows for users to be socially engineered to execute an XSS attack on themselves. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 53.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1229426 | Exploit Issue Tracking |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/ | Vendor Advisory |
History
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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-2017-5458
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:06.937
Modified: 2018-08-07T12:20:05.330
Link: CVE-2017-5458
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE