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
EPSS: 0.020 (79.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified
- Mozilla Firefox Esr — versions unspecified
- Mozilla Thunderbird — versions unspecified
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_desktop — versions 6.0, 7.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server — versions 6.0, 7.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server_aus — versions 7.4
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server_eus — versions 7.4, 7.5
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_workstation — versions 6.0, 7.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Patch, Issue Tracking)
- security@mozilla.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- security@mozilla.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
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.