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HistorySep 25, 2015 - 12:00 a.m.

Mozilla Firefox ESR Security Bypass Vulnerability (Sep 2015) - Mac OS X

2015-09-2500:00:00
Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG
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12

7.5 High

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

9.4 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.02 Low

EPSS

Percentile

89.0%

Mozilla Firefox ESR 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_esr";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.805749");
  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 ESR Security Bypass Vulnerability (Sep 2015) - Mac OS X");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Mozilla Firefox ESR 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 ESR version before 38.2.1 on Mac OS X");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version
  38.2.1 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_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-ESR/MacOSX/Version");

  exit(0);
}


include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if(!ffVer = get_app_version(cpe:CPE)){
   exit(0);
}

if(version_in_range(version:ffVer, test_version:"38.0", test_version2:"38.2.0"))
{
  report = 'Installed version: ' + ffVer + '\n' +
           'Fixed version:     ' + "38.2.1" + '\n';
  security_message(data:report);
  exit(0);
}

7.5 High

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

9.4 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.02 Low

EPSS

Percentile

89.0%