CVE-2017-7812

If web content on a page is dragged onto portions of the browser UI, such as the tab bar, links can be opened that otherwise would not be allowed to open. This can allow malicious web content to open a locally stored file through "file:" URLs. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 56.

• CWE-200

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101057Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039465Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1379842Exploit, Issue Tracking
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-21/Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101057Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039465Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1379842Exploit, Issue Tracking
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-21/Vendor Advisory

Published

Jun 11, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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