The version of Firefox installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 78.0.2. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the mfsa2020-28 advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory mfsa2020-28.
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mozilla Foundation.
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(138445);
script_version("1.3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/10/09");
script_cve_id("CVE-2020-15648");
script_xref(name:"MFSA", value:"2020-28");
script_name(english:"Mozilla Firefox < 78.0.2");
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 78.0.2. It is, therefore, affected by a
vulnerability as referenced in the mfsa2020-28 advisory.
- Using object or embed tags, it was possible to frame
other websites, even if they disallowed framing using
the X-Frame-Options header (CVE-2020-15648).
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/mfsa2020-28/");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 78.0.2 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:H/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-2020-15648");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2020/07/08");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/07/08");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/07/14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:mozilla:thunderbird");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Windows");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2020 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');
port = get_kb_item("SMB/transport");
if (!port) port = 445;
installs = get_kb_list("SMB/Mozilla/Firefox/*");
if (isnull(installs)) audit(AUDIT_NOT_INST, "Firefox");
mozilla_check_version(installs:installs, product:'firefox', esr:FALSE, fix:'78.0.2', severity:SECURITY_WARNING);
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
mozilla | firefox | cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox | |
mozilla | thunderbird | cpe:/a:mozilla:thunderbird |