Security Advisory

CVE-2017-5427

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2018-06-11 21:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-05 15:04:13
Assigner mozilla
State PUBLISHED

Description

A non-existent chrome.manifest file will attempt to be loaded during startup from the primary installation directory. If a malicious user with local access puts chrome.manifest and other referenced files in this directory, they will be loaded and activated during startup. This could result in malicious software being added without consent or modification of referenced installed files. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52.