The Gecko Media Plugin sandbox allows access to local files that match specific regular expressions. On OS OX, this matching allows access to some data in subdirectories of "/private/var" that could expose personal or temporary data. This has been updated to not allow access to "/private/var" and its subdirectories. Note: this issue only affects OS X. Other operating systems are not affected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52 and Thunderbird < 52.
The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-09/ | vendor advisory |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/ | vendor advisory |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966 | third party advisory vdb entry |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1322716 | vendor advisory issue tracking |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96692 | third party advisory vdb entry |