CyberRota Analysis
This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. It affects Firefox.
CVE
CVE-2017-5397
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
3.25%
Firefox
Original NVD Description
The cache directory on the local file system is set to be world writable. Firefox defaults to extracting libraries from this cache. This allows for the possibility of an installed malicious application or tools with write access to the file system to replace files used by Firefox with their own versions. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 51.0.3.
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