CVE-2017-7831 Information disclosure in Firefox

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

An attacker can access restricted properties on proxy objects due to a security wrapper flaw, potentially exposing sensitive data 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-2017-7831?

CVE-2017-7831 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

A vulnerability where the security wrapper does not deny access to some exposed properties using the deprecated "_exposedProps_" mechanism on proxy objects. These properties should be explicitly unavailable to proxy objects. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 57.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-7831?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Firefox.

How do I fix CVE-2017-7831?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2017-7831 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7831 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-vxq2-h625-9q28, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7831.

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