CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-4495
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Mozilla Firefox Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability — Mozilla Firefox
Moxilla Firefox allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy to read arbitrary files or gain privileges.
- Added to KEV
- 2022-05-25
- Remediation due
- 2022-06-15
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- Notes
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4495
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2015-08-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-346
Description
The PDF reader in Mozilla Firefox before 39.0.3, Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.1.1, and Firefox OS before 2.2 allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy, and read arbitrary files or gain privileges, via vectors involving crafted JavaScript code and a native setter, as exploited in the wild in August 2015.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox (< 39.0.3)
• mozilla firefox (>= 38.0 < 38.1.1)
• mozilla firefox os (< 2.2)
• oracle solaris 11.3
• canonical ubuntu linux 12.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 15.04
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 5.0
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux eus 6.7
• redhat enterprise linux eus 7.1
• redhat enterprise linux eus 7.2
• redhat enterprise linux eus 7.3
• redhat enterprise linux eus 7.4
• redhat enterprise linux eus 7.5
• redhat enterprise linux eus 7.6
• redhat enterprise linux eus 7.7
• redhat enterprise linux server 5.0
• redhat enterprise linux server 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux server 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.3
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.4
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.6
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.7
• redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.3
• redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.6
• redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.7
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 5.0
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0
• suse linux enterprise debuginfo 11
• opensuse opensuse 13.1
• opensuse opensuse 13.2
• suse linux enterprise desktop 11
• suse linux enterprise desktop 12
• suse linux enterprise server 11
• suse linux enterprise server 12
• suse linux enterprise software development kit 11
• suse linux enterprise software development kit 12
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-346 Origin Validation Error weakness
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00009.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00010.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00014.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00015.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00021.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00016.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1581.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-78.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76249 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033216 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2707-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2015/08/06/firefox-exploit-found-in-the-wild/ Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1178058 Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1179262 Issue Tracking
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37772/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00009.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00010.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00014.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00015.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00021.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00016.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1581.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-78.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76249 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033216 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2707-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2015/08/06/firefox-exploit-found-in-the-wild/ Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1178058 Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1179262 Issue Tracking
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37772/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-4495 US Government Resource