Privilege escalation in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2017-7803
When a page's content security policy (CSP) header contains a "sandbox" directive, other directives are ignored. This results in the incorrect enforcement of CSP. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.3, Firefox ESR < 52.3, and Firefox < 55.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.020 (80.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 80.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified
- Mozilla Firefox Esr — versions unspecified
- Mozilla Thunderbird — versions unspecified
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 6.0, 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 6.0, 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus — versions 7.4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Eus — versions 7.4, 7.5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation — versions 6.0, 7.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-19/ (Vendor Advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-20/ (Vendor Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3968 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/ (Vendor Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2456 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/100234 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2534 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Patch, Issue Tracking)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1039124 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201803-14 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-7803?
- CVE-2017-7803 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-06-11.
- How severe is CVE-2017-7803?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.