CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-4498
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2015-08-29
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-254
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox (<= 40.0.2)
• mozilla firefox 38.0
• mozilla firefox 38.0.1
• mozilla firefox 38.0.5
• mozilla firefox 38.1.0
• mozilla firefox 38.2.0
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00013.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00025.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00000.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1693.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3345 www.debian.org
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-95.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html www.oracle.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76505 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033396 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2723-1 www.ubuntu.com
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1042699 bugzilla.mozilla.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00013.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00025.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00000.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1693.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3345 www.debian.org
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-95.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html www.oracle.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76505 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033396 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2723-1 www.ubuntu.com
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1042699 bugzilla.mozilla.org