Mozilla Firefox < 48.0
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 40 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla Firefox < 48.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities | 26 Aug 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| FreeBSD : Mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (aa1aefe3-6e37-47db-bfda-343ef4acb1b5) | 12 Sep 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| GLSA-201701-15 : Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities (SWEET32) | 4 Jan 201700:00 | – | nessus | |
| Firefox < 48 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X) | 5 Aug 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| Mozilla Firefox < 48.0 | 18 Dec 202500:00 | – | nessus | |
| Firefox < 48 Multiple Vulnerabilities | 5 Aug 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox / mozilla-nss (openSUSE-2016-937) | 5 Aug 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox / mozilla-nss (openSUSE-2016-960) | 11 Aug 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Firefox vulnerabilities (USN-3044-1) | 8 Aug 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| Mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities | 2 Aug 201600:00 | – | freebsd |
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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 mfsa2016-83.
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mozilla Foundation.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(279143);
script_version("1.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/12/18");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-5268");
script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2016-A-0197-S");
script_name(english:"Mozilla Firefox < 48.0");
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 installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 48.0. It is, therefore, affected by a
vulnerability as referenced in the mfsa2016-83 advisory.
- bypass FireFox Secure Connection Failed prompt to whitelist any site (but doesn't work)(CVE-2016-5268)
(CVE-2016-5268)
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/mfsa2016-83/");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 48.0 or later.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
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:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2016-5268");
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:"2016/08/02");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/08/02");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/12/18");
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:"Windows");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("mozilla_org_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": "windows"
}
}
],
"checks": [
{
"product": {
"name": "Mozilla Firefox",
"type": "app"
},
"check_algorithm": "default",
"constraints": [
{
"fixed_version": "48.0"
}
]
}
]
};
var vdf_result = vdf::check_and_report(vuln_data:vuln_data, severity:SECURITY_WARNING);
vdf::handle_check_and_report_errors(vdf_result:vdf_result);
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