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Vulnerability details: VCID-e2ww-ngam-cugq
Vulnerability ID VCID-e2ww-ngam-cugq
Aliases CVE-2017-5381
Summary The "export" function in the Certificate Viewer can force local filesystem navigation when the "common name" in a certificate contains slashes, allowing certificate content to be saved in unsafe locations with an arbitrary filename.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 9.0
Risk 4.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
System Score Found at
epss 0.01264 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-5381
epss 0.01264 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-5381
epss 0.01264 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-5381
epss 0.01264 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-5381
epss 0.01264 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-5381
epss 0.01264 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-5381
epss 0.01264 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-5381
epss 0.01264 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-5381
epss 0.01264 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-5381
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5381
cvssv3 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5381
archlinux Critical https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-157
generic_textual critical https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-01
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-5381
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1017616
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-01/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95763
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037693
ASA-201701-39 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201701-39
AVG-157 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-157
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2017-5381 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5381
mfsa2017-01 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-01
USN-3175-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3175-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5381
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5381
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.79392
EPSS Score 0.01264
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:16:47.560896+00:00 Mozilla Importer Import https://github.com/mozilla/foundation-security-advisories/blob/master/announce/2017/mfsa2017-01.yml 38.0.0