CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
89.0%
Mozilla Firefox is prone to a security bypass vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.805747");
script_version("2024-02-08T14:36:53+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2015-4498");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-08 14:36:53 +0000 (Thu, 08 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-09-25 15:47:42 +0530 (Fri, 25 Sep 2015)");
script_name("Mozilla Firefox Security Bypass Vulnerability (Sep 2015) - Mac OS X");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Mozilla Firefox is prone to a security bypass vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw exists as add-on's URL
failure to handle exceptional conditions.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote
attackers to manipulate a user into falsely believing a trusted site has
initiated the installation. This could lead to users installing an add-on
from a malicious source.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Mozilla Firefox version before 40.0.3 on
Mac OS X");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 40.0.3
or later.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-95/");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76505");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_mozilla_prdts_detect_macosx.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Mozilla/Firefox/MacOSX/Version");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if(!ffVer = get_app_version(cpe:CPE)){
exit(0);
}
if(version_is_less(version:ffVer, test_version:"40.0.3"))
{
report = 'Installed version: ' + ffVer + '\n' +
'Fixed version: ' + "40.0.3" + '\n';
security_message(data:report);
exit(0);
}