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Vulnerability details: VCID-smhu-4n6u-e3ew
Vulnerability ID VCID-smhu-4n6u-e3ew
Aliases CVE-2017-16541
Summary Browser proxy settings can be bypassed by using the automount feature with autofs to create a mount point on the local file system. Content can be loaded from this mounted file system directly using a file: URI, bypassing configured proxy settings. *Note: this issue only affects OS X in default configurations. On Linux systems, autofs must be installed for the vulnerability to occur and Windows is not affected.*
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 9.0
Risk 4.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
cvssv3 6.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-16541.json
epss 0.01522 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16541
epss 0.01522 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16541
epss 0.01522 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16541
epss 0.01522 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16541
epss 0.01522 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16541
epss 0.01522 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16541
epss 0.01522 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16541
epss 0.01522 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16541
epss 0.01522 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16541
epss 0.01522 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16541
epss 0.01522 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16541
epss 0.01522 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16541
epss 0.01522 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16541
epss 0.01522 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16541
epss 0.01522 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16541
cvssv2 2.6 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3 4.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
generic_textual critical https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-20
generic_textual critical https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-21
generic_textual critical https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-25
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-16541.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16541
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16541
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12376
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12377
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12378
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12379
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12383
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12385
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-18499
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
1510816 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1510816
mfsa2018-20 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-20
mfsa2018-21 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-21
mfsa2018-25 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-25
RHSA-2018:2692 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2692
RHSA-2018:2693 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2693
RHSA-2018:3403 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3403
RHSA-2018:3458 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3458
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-16541.json
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
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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 0.80495
EPSS Score 0.01522
Published At Aug. 14, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:09:52.099725+00:00 Mozilla Importer Import https://github.com/mozilla/foundation-security-advisories/blob/master/announce/2018/mfsa2018-25.yml 37.0.0