Arbitrary File Saving Vulnerability in Firefox Certificate Viewer

CVE-2017-5381 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 51.

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