vulnerability

Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-5427): Firefox vulnerabilities

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Mar 7, 2017
Added
Mar 8, 2017
Modified
Aug 18, 2025

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.

Solution

ubuntu-upgrade-firefox
Title
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