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Mozilla Firefox ESR < 102.15.1

The version of Firefox ESR installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 102.15.1 and is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the mfsa2023-40 advisory. An exploit is available

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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 mfsa2023-40.
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mozilla Foundation.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(181352);
  script_version("1.4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/10/06");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-4863");
  script_xref(name:"CISA-KNOWN-EXPLOITED", value:"2023/10/04");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2023-A-0491-S");

  script_name(english:"Mozilla Firefox ESR < 102.15.1");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"A web browser installed on the remote Windows host is affected by a vulnerability.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of Firefox ESR installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 102.15.1. It is, therefore, affected by a
vulnerability as referenced in the mfsa2023-40 advisory.

  - Opening a malicious WebP image could lead to a heap buffer overflow in the content process. We are aware
    of this issue being exploited in other products in the wild. (CVE-2023-4863)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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/mfsa2023-40/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 102.15.1 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:H/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-4863");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/09/12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/09/12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/09/13");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr");
  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:"Windows");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("mozilla_org_installed.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Mozilla/Firefox/Version");

  exit(0);
}

include('mozilla_version.inc');

var port = get_kb_item('SMB/transport');
if (!port) port = 445;

var installs = get_kb_list('SMB/Mozilla/Firefox/*');
if (isnull(installs)) audit(AUDIT_NOT_INST, 'Firefox');

mozilla_check_version(installs:installs, product:'firefox', esr:TRUE, fix:'102.15.1', min:'102.0.0', severity:SECURITY_HOLE);

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13 Sep 2023 00:00Current
9.0High risk
Vulners AI Score9.0
CVSS38.8
EPSS0.456
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