CVE-2017-5415 Other in Firefox
Attackers can spoof the address bar using blob URLs, causing user confusion and facilitating further spoofing attacks in Firefox.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-5415?
CVE-2017-5415 is a medium-severity 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
An attack can use a blob URL and script to spoof an arbitrary addressbar URL prefaced by "blob:" as the protocol, leading to user confusion and further spoofing attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-5415?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mozilla Firefox.
How do I fix CVE-2017-5415?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2017-5415 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5415 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry and 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xmh3-55xm-hpg9, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5415.