CVE-2017-7759 Information disclosure in Firefox

What is CVE-2017-7759?

CVE-2017-7759 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 11 Jun 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Android intent URLs given to Firefox for Android can be used to navigate from HTTP or HTTPS URLs to local "file:" URLs, allowing for the reading of local data through a violation of same-origin policy. Note: This attack only affects Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are not affected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 54.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-7759?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Google Android, Mozilla Firefox.

How do I fix CVE-2017-7759?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-7759 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2017-7759 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7759 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-wfjp-wqgq-35g7.