Security restrictions bypass in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2017-7816

Vulnerability identifier: #VU8627

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7816

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass certain security restrictions.

WebExtensions could use popups and panels in the extension UI to load an about: privileged URL, violating security checks that disallow this behavior.

Mozilla Firefox
Ubuntu

Update to version 56.0.

• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-21/

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