Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2013-1717
Mozilla Firefox before 23.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.8, Thunderbird before 17.0.8, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.20 do not properly restrict local-filesystem access by Java applets, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read arbitrary files by leveraging a download to a fixed pathname or other predictable pathname.
EPSS: 0.024 (82.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions 19.0, 19.0.1, 19.0.2
- Mozilla Seamonkey — versions 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2
- Mozilla Thunderbird — versions 17.0, 17.0.1, 17.0.2
- Mozilla Thunderbird_esr — versions 17.0, 17.0.1, 17.0.2
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@mozilla.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- security@mozilla.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- security@mozilla.org (signature, x_refsource_OVAL, vdb-entry)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2013-1717?
- CVE-2013-1717 is a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under CWE-264. Published 2013-08-07.
- Is CVE-2013-1717 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.