CVE-2015-0816

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 14
Modified
Published: 01 Apr 2015, 10:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 04:26

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
47/100
CVSS Score
5 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
85.37% CRITICAL
85% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
2 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

01 Apr 2015, 10:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 04:26
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 37.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.6, and Thunderbird before 31.6 do not properly restrict resource: URLs, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges by leveraging the ability to bypass the Same Origin Policy, as demonstrated by the resource: URL associated with PDF.js.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 85.37%• Percentile: 99%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-264•Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

    Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control.

Affected Systems

  • mozilla•firefox

    ≤ 31.5.3 | ≤ 36.0.4

  • mozilla•thunderbird

    ≤ 31.5

References (18)