Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2015-0812
Mozilla Firefox before 37.0 does not require an HTTPS session for lightweight theme add-on installations, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to bypass an intended user-confirmation requirement by deploying a crafted web site and conducting a DNS spoofing attack against a mozilla.org subdomain.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.013 (68.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 68th percentile — 68.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions 36.0.4
- 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
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1031996 (vdb-entry)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10 (vendor-advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-32.html (Vendor Advisory)
- 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-2015-0812?
- CVE-2015-0812 is a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under CWE-17. Published 2015-04-01.
- Is CVE-2015-0812 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.