Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2013-5598
PDF.js in Mozilla Firefox before 25.0 and Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.1 does not properly handle the appending of an IFRAME element, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges by using this element within an embedded PDF object.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 8.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.029 (86.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.029 · newest: 0.029 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions 24.0, 24.0.1, 24.0.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00005.html (vendor-advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00006.html (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19133 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-99.html (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2013-5598?
- CVE-2013-5598 is a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under CWE-264. Published 2013-10-30.
- Is CVE-2013-5598 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.