CVE-2013-1717

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 23.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.8, Thunderbird before 17.0.8, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.20 do not properly restrict local-filesystem access by Java applets, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read arbitrary files by leveraging a download to a fixed pathname or other predictable pathname.

Category

5.4
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.48%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2746 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61896 vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18367 signature vdb entry
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-75.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2735 vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=406541

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-1717?
CVE-2013-1717 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-1717?
To fix CVE-2013-1717, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2013-1717 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2013-1717 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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