Security restrictions bypass in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2017-7788

 

Security restrictions bypass in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2017-7788

Published: August 14, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU7849
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7788
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Mozilla
Affected software:
Mozilla Firefox

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.

The weakness exists due to insufficient same-origin policies. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, use a compromised content process and bypass Content Security Policy (CSP) for sandboxed 'about:srcdoc' iframes.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-7788

Update to version 55.0.

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