CVE-2015-4498

Severity

75%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

106%

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.

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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 9 years ago

2015-08-29 19:59:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-12-22 02:59:00

Affected Software

Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla Firefox ESR 38.0

38.0

Mozilla Firefox ESR 38.0.1

38.0.1

Mozilla Firefox ESR 38.0.5

38.0.5

Mozilla Firefox ESR 38.1.0

38.1.0

Mozilla Firefox ESR 38.2.0

38.2.0

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