CVE-2015-0798

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

The Reader mode feature in Mozilla Firefox before 37.0.1 on Android, and Desktop Firefox pre-release, does not properly handle privileged 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.

The Reader mode feature in Mozilla Firefox before 37.0.1 on Android, and Desktop Firefox pre-release, does not properly handle privileged 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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Overview

First reported 9 years ago

2015-04-08 10:59:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-12-07 13:36:00

Affected Software

Oracle Solaris 11.3

11.3

References

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-43.html

Vendor Advisory

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html

Third Party Advisory

1032029

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1147597

Issue Tracking

GLSA-201512-10

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

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