Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2015-4498
The add-on installation feature in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0.3 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.2.1 allows remote attackers to bypass an intended user-confirmation requirement by constructing a crafted data: URL and triggering navigation to an arbitrary http: or https: URL at a certain early point in the installation process.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.027 (85.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 85.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.027 · newest: 0.027 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions 38.0, 38.0.1, 38.0.5
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3345 (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00025.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2723-1 (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/76505 (vdb-entry)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00013.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1033396 (vdb-entry)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1693.html (vendor-advisory)