PT-2017-16514
CVE-2017-5458
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Published
2017-04-19
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Updated
2024-12-12
Description by
CVSS 3.1
6.1
MediumMetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Firefox versions prior to 53
ALT Linux (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue allows for users to be socially engineered into executing an XSS attack on themselves. This occurs when a "javascript:" URL is drag and dropped by a user into the address bar, and the URL will be processed and executed.
Recommendations
For Firefox versions prior to 53, update to version 53 or later to resolve the issue.
For ALT Linux, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploitability
Exploit
Impacts
Vendors
Affected products
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