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Mozilla Firefox < 57.0

🗓️ 18 Nov 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Firefox before 57 on Mac OS has multiple flaws (CVE-2017-7827 to 7832) per mfsa2017-24.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
## 
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#                                  
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory mfsa2017-24.
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mozilla Foundation.
## 

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(275659);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/11/18");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2017-7826",
    "CVE-2017-7827",
    "CVE-2017-7828",
    "CVE-2017-7830",
    "CVE-2017-7831",
    "CVE-2017-7832",
    "CVE-2017-7833",
    "CVE-2017-7834",
    "CVE-2017-7835",
    "CVE-2017-7836",
    "CVE-2017-7837",
    "CVE-2017-7838",
    "CVE-2017-7839",
    "CVE-2017-7840",
    "CVE-2017-7842"
  );
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2017-A-0330-S");

  script_name(english:"Mozilla Firefox < 57.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"A web browser installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of Firefox installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 57.0. It is, therefore, affected by
multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2017-24 advisory.

  - Mozilla developers and community members Boris Zbarsky, Carsten Book, Christian Holler, Byron Campen, Jan
    de Mooij, Jason Kratzer, Jesse Schwartzentruber, Marcia Knous, Randell Jesup, Tyson Smith, and Ting-Yu
    Chou reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 56. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory
    corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary
    code. (CVE-2017-7827)

  - A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when flushing and resizing layout because the
    <code>PressShell</code> object has been freed while still in use. This results in a potentially
    exploitable crash during these operations. (CVE-2017-7828)

  - The Resource Timing API incorrectly revealed navigations in cross-origin iframes. This is a same-origin
    policy violation and could allow for data theft of URLs loaded by users. (CVE-2017-7830)

  - A vulnerability where the security wrapper does not deny access to some exposed properties using the
    deprecated <code>exposedProps</code> mechanism on proxy objects. These properties should be explicitly
    unavailable to proxy objects. (CVE-2017-7831)

  - The combined, single character, version of the letter 'i' with any of the potential accents in unicode,
    such as acute or grave, can be spoofed in the addressbar by the dotless version of 'i' followed by the
    same accent as a second character with most font sets. This allows for domain spoofing attacks because
    these combined domain names do not display as punycode. (CVE-2017-7832)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-24/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 57.0 or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2017-7827");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss3_score_source", value:"CVE-2017-7828");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/11/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/11/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/11/18");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"MacOS X Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("macosx_firefox_installed.nasl");
  script_require_keys("installed_sw/Mozilla Firefox");

  exit(0);
}

include('vdf.inc');

# @tvdl-content-verify-only
var vuln_data = {
  "metadata": {
    "spec_version": "1.0"
  },
  "requires": [
    {
      "scope": "target",
      "match": {
        "os": "macos"
      }
    }
  ],
  "checks": [
    {
      "product": {
        "name": "Mozilla Firefox",
        "type": "app"
      },
      "check_algorithm": "default",
      "constraints": [
        {
          "fixed_version": "57.0"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
};

var vdf_result = vdf::check_and_report(vuln_data:vuln_data, severity:SECURITY_HOLE);
vdf::handle_check_and_report_errors(vdf_result:vdf_result);

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18 Nov 2025 00:00Current
7.6High risk
Vulners AI Score7.6
CVSS 39.8
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