CVE - CVE-2017-5425

CVE-ID
CVE-2017-5425	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The Gecko Media Plugin sandbox allows access to local files that match specific regular expressions. On OS OX, this matching allows access to some data in subdirectories of "/private/var" that could expose personal or temporary data. This has been updated to not allow access to "/private/var" and its subdirectories. Note: this issue only affects OS X. Other operating systems are not affected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52 and Thunderbird < 52.
References
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BID:96692 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96692 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1322716 CONFIRM:https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/ CONFIRM:https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-09/ SECTRACK:1037966 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966
Assigning CNA
Mozilla Corporation
Date Record Created
20170113	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20170113)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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