Privilege escalation in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2014-1496
Mozilla Firefox before 28.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.4, Thunderbird before 24.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.25 might allow local users to gain privileges by modifying the extracted Mar contents during an update.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (29.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 29.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox
- Mozilla Seamonkey
- Mozilla Thunderbird
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop — versions 11
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server — versions 11
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit — versions 11.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00016.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html (Third Party Advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-16.html (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-1496?
- CVE-2014-1496 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2014-03-19.
- How severe is CVE-2014-1496?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.