CVE-2017-5381 Path traversal in Firefox

What is CVE-2017-5381?

CVE-2017-5381 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 11 Jun 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The "export" function in the Certificate Viewer can force local filesystem navigation when the "common name" in a certificate contains slashes, allowing certificate content to be saved in unsafe locations with an arbitrary filename. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 51.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-5381?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Firefox.

How do I fix CVE-2017-5381?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2017-5381 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5381 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2022-26486 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2022-26485 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2019-11707 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-jw7x-8w43-2mrj, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5381.