CVE-2017-7842

If a document's Referrer Policy attribute is set to "no-referrer" sometimes two network requests are made for "<link>" elements instead of one. One of these requests includes the referrer instead of respecting the set policy to not include a referrer on requests. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 57.

CVSS v3 5.3 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

5.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101832	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039803	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1397064	Issue Tracking
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-24/	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-06-11 21:29

Updated : 2024-02-28 16:25

NVD link : CVE-2017-7842

Mitre link : CVE-2017-7842

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-7842

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mozilla

firefox

CWE

CWE-200

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

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