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Mozilla Firefox Security Bypass Vulnerability (Aug 2015) - Windows

2015-08-1000:00:00
Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG
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6.8 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.968 High

EPSS

Percentile

99.7%

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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.806005");
  script_version("2024-02-08T05:05:59+0000");
  script_xref(name:"CISA", value:"Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) catalog");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-4495");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-08 05:05:59 +0000 (Thu, 08 Feb 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-08-10 15:41:41 +0530 (Mon, 10 Aug 2015)");
  script_name("Mozilla Firefox Security Bypass Vulnerability (Aug 2015) - Windows");

  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 due to an error in the
  interaction of the mechanism that enforces JavaScript context separation
  and Firefox PDF Viewer.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote
  attackers to read and steal sensitive local files on the victim's computer.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Mozilla Firefox version before 39.0.3 on
  Windows");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 39.0.3
  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/mfsa2015-78");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2015/08/06/firefox-exploit-found-in-the-wild");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("General");
  script_dependencies("gb_firefox_detect_portable_win.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("Firefox/Win/Ver");

  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:"39.0.3"))
{
  report = 'Installed version: ' + ffVer + '\n' +
           'Fixed version:     ' + "39.0.3" + '\n';
  security_message(data:report);
  exit(0);
}