Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2017-7843 (CCN-135861)

Assigned:2017-11-29
Published:2017-11-29
Updated:2018-08-06
Summary:When Private Browsing mode is used, it is possible for a web worker to write persistent data to IndexedDB and fingerprint a user uniquely. IndexedDB should not be available in Private Browsing mode and this stored data will persist across multiple private browsing mode sessions because it is not cleared when exiting. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 52.5.2 and Firefox < 57.0.1.
CVSS v3 Severity:7.5 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
6.5 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
8.1 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)
7.1 High (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): None
7.5 High (REDHAT CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
6.5 Medium (REDHAT Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
CVSS v2 Severity:5.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
8.5 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): None
Vulnerability Type:CWE-200
CWE-212
Vulnerability Consequences:Bypass Security
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2017-7843

Source: CCN
Type: IBM Security Bulletin S1012291 (Scale Out Network Attached Storage)
Multiple Mozilla Firefox vulnerability issues in IBM SONAS

Source: BID
Type: Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
102039

Source: CCN
Type: BID-102039
Mozilla Firefox MFSA2017-27 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

Source: BID
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
102112

Source: CCN
Type: BID-102112
Mozilla Firefox ESR CVE-2017-7843 Security Bypass Vulnerability

Source: SECTRACK
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
1039954

Source: REDHAT
Type: Third Party Advisory
RHSA-2017:3382

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1410106

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
firefox-cve20177843-sec-bypass(135861)

Source: MLIST
Type: Third Party Advisory
[debian-lts-announce] 20171210 [SECURITY] [DLA 1202-1] firefox-esr security update

Source: DEBIAN
Type: Third Party Advisory
DSA-4062

Source: CCN
Type: Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2017-27
Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 57.0.1

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-27/

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-28/

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 57.0.1)

    • Configuration 3:
  • cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 52.5.2)

    • Configuration 4:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 1:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 2:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6::client:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 3:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 4:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6::server:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 5:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 6:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 7:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::client:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 8:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::server:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 9:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20177843
    V
    		CVE-2017-7843
    2023-06-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:7868
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-102.11.0-150200.152.87.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2023-06-12
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:609
    P
    		Security update for sqlite3 (Moderate) (in QA)
    2022-10-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:720
    P
    		Security update for ucode-intel (Moderate)
    2022-08-31
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:3252
    P
    		libsmi-0.4.8-18.55 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-28
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:94882
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-91.8.0-150200.152.26.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1523
    P
    		Security update for MozillaThunderbird (Important)
    2022-06-13
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1167
    P
    		Security update for jackson-databind, jackson-dataformats-binary, jackson-annotations, jackson-bom, jackson-core (Important)
    2022-05-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1301
    P
    		Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 10 for SLE 15 SP3) (Important)
    2022-04-14
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1056
    P
    		Security update for yaml-cpp (Moderate)
    2022-04-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1412
    P
    		Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 11 for SLE 15 SP3) (Important)
    2022-02-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:111899
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-92.0-1.2 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-01-17
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:945
    P
    		Security update for net-snmp (Important)
    2022-01-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:70030
    P
    		Security update for xorg-x11-server (Important)
    2021-12-21
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:93994
    P
    		 (Important)
    2021-12-06
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1639
    P
    		Security update for squid (Moderate)
    2021-10-20
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:105476
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-92.0-1.2 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-10-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:71207
    P
    		hardlink-1.0+git.e66999f-1.25 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-09-21
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:69925
    P
    		Security update for ffmpeg (Important)
    2021-09-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47702
    P
    		libecpg6-10.5-1.3.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47145
    P
    		rpcbind-0.2.3-21.4 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48256
    P
    		pam_krb5-2.4.4-4.4 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47942
    P
    		aaa_base-13.2+git20140911.61c1681-38.13.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47459
    P
    		pam_krb5-2.4.4-4.4 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47241
    P
    		dnsmasq-2.76-17.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48358
    P
    		zypper-1.13.51-21.26.4 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48240
    P
    		memcached-1.4.39-4.6.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47683
    P
    		libXrender1-0.9.8-7.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47256
    P
    		freeradius-server-3.0.14-1.8 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48045
    P
    		ibus-chewing-1.4.14-4.11 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47570
    P
    		bzip2-1.0.6-29.2 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47131
    P
    		ppc64-diag-2.7.1-5.6 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48191
    P
    		libsmi-0.4.8-18.55 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47794
    P
    		libtasn1-4.9-3.5.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47266
    P
    		glib2-lang-2.48.2-10.2 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48287
    P
    		python-pywbem-0.7.0-4.3 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48156
    P
    		libnetpbm11-10.66.3-8.7.2 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47591
    P
    		dbus-1-1.8.22-29.10.2 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47242
    P
    		dosfstools-3.0.26-6.5 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48302
    P
    		sane-backends-1.0.24-3.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47831
    P
    		mutt-1.10.1-55.6.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47377
    P
    		libmpfr4-3.1.2-7.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47130
    P
    		powerpc-utils-1.3.2-17.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48129
    P
    		libjansson4-2.12-3.5.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:101134
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-78.10.0-8.38.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-09
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:72447
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-78.10.0-8.38.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-09
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:62728
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-78.10.0-8.38.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-09
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49443
    P
    		Security update for nodejs10 (Important)
    2021-07-14
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48367
    P
    		apache-commons-httpclient-3.1-4.364 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48469
    P
    		libXinerama1-1.1.3-3.54 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:71094
    P
    		rpcbind-0.2.3-3.22 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48398
    P
    		cyrus-sasl-2.1.26-7.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:64507
    P
    		Security update for hivex (Moderate)
    2021-05-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:67754
    P
    		Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 21 for SLE 15) (Important)
    2021-04-28
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:100707
    P
    		 (Important)
    2021-02-17
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:62390
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-52.7.3-1.35 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:89851
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-60.6.2-3.32.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:72220
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-60.6.2-3.32.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:103506
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-60.6.2-3.32.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:62501
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-60.6.2-3.32.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:72331
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-68.8.0-3.87.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:107373
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-68.8.0-3.87.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:62612
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-68.8.0-3.87.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:116931
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-68.8.0-3.87.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:72109
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-52.7.3-1.35 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49497
    P
    		MozillaFirefox on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:64420
    P
    		opensc on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:73247
    P
    		libxcb-composite0 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:67854
    P
    		MozillaFirefox on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49332
    P
    		socat on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49608
    P
    		MozillaFirefox on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:66582
    P
    		pam on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:73365
    P
    		MozillaFirefox on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49386
    P
    		MozillaFirefox on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49554
    P
    		libjbig2-32bit on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:66674
    P
    		MozillaFirefox on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201778430000000
    V
    		CVE-2017-7843 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2018-06-11
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20177843000
    V
    		CVE-2017-7843 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2018-06-11
    oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20177843000
    V
    		CVE-2017-7843 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - medium.
    2018-06-11
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20177843000
    V
    		CVE-2017-7843 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
    2018-06-11
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201778430000000
    V
    		CVE-2017-7843 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
    2018-06-11
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20177843000
    V
    		CVE-2017-7843 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
    2018-06-11
    oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20173382
    P
    		RHSA-2017:3382: firefox security update (Important)
    2017-12-05
    BACK
    debian debian linux 7.0
    debian debian linux 8.0
    debian debian linux 9.0
    mozilla firefox *
    mozilla firefox esr *
    redhat enterprise linux desktop 6.0
    redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0
    redhat enterprise linux server 6.0
    redhat enterprise linux server 7.0
    redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.4
    redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.4
    redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.5
    redhat enterprise linux workstation 6.0
    redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0