Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2015-0802
Mozilla Firefox before 37.0 relies on docshell type information instead of page principal information for Window.webidl access control, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via certain content navigation that leverages the reachability of a privileged window with an unintended persistence of access to restricted internal methods.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.673 (99.3th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.673 · newest: 0.673 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 14.10
- openSUSE — versions 13.1, 13.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1031996 (vdb-entry)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10 (vendor-advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-42.html (Vendor Advisory)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37958/ (exploit)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2550-1 (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00003.html (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-0802?
- CVE-2015-0802 is a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under CWE-264. Published 2015-04-01.
- Is CVE-2015-0802 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.