cve/2017/CVE-2017-5450.md

### [CVE-2017-5450](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5450)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=Firefox&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=%3C%2053%20&color=brighgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=Addressbar%20spoofing%20using%20javascript%3A%20URI%20on%20Firefox%20for%20Android&color=brighgreen)

### Description

A mechanism to spoof the Firefox for Android addressbar using a "javascript:" URI. On Firefox for Android, the base domain is parsed incorrectly, making the resulting location less visibly a spoofed site and showing an incorrect domain in appended notifications. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 53.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1325955

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.