Mozilla Firefox Security Advisories (MFSA2021-31, MFSA2021-42) - Windows
🗓️ 09 Sep 2021 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AGType
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities of Mozilla Firefox (less than Firefox 78.14.0 ESR +CVE-2021-38493) have affected Synthetic Playback Agent 8.1.4.0-8.1.4 IF14 | 15 Dec 202113:44 | – | ibm | |
| Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox affect IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management Monitoring. | 31 Jan 202314:47 | – | ibm | |
| Security fix for the ALT Linux 10 package thunderbird version 91.1.0-alt1 | 15 Sep 202100:00 | – | altlinux | |
| Security fix for the ALT Linux 10 package firefox-esr version 91.1.0-alt1 | 24 Sep 202100:00 | – | altlinux | |
| CVE-2021-38494 | 3 Nov 202101:15 | – | attackerkb | |
| CVE-2021-38491 | 3 Nov 202101:15 | – | attackerkb | |
| CVE-2021-38492 | 3 Nov 202101:15 | – | attackerkb | |
| CVE-2021-38493 | 3 Nov 202101:15 | – | attackerkb | |
| Amazon Linux 2 : thunderbird (ALAS-2021-1720) | 5 Nov 202100:00 | – | nessus | |
| CentOS 8 : firefox (CESA-2021:3497) | 15 Sep 202100:00 | – | nessus |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| mozilla | www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-38/ |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.818510");
script_version("2025-09-12T05:38:45+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2021-38494", "CVE-2021-38491", "CVE-2021-38492", "CVE-2021-38493");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-12 05:38:45 +0000 (Fri, 12 Sep 2025)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2021-11-04 20:49:00 +0000 (Thu, 04 Nov 2021)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-09-09 00:46:50 +0530 (Thu, 09 Sep 2021)");
script_name("Mozilla Firefox Security Advisories (MFSA2021-31, MFSA2021-42) - Windows");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"This host is missing a security update
according to Mozilla.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present
on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Multiple flaws are due to,
- Mixed-Content-Blocking was unable to check opaque origins.
- Navigating to 'mk:' URL scheme could load Internet Explorer.
- Memory safety bugs.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow
attackers to run arbitrary code and bypass security restrictions.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Mozilla Firefox version before
92 on Windows.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 92
or later. Please see the references for more information.");
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/mfsa2021-38/");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_firefox_detect_win.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Firefox/Win/Ver");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE))
exit(0);
vers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];
if(version_is_less(version:vers, test_version:"92")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"92", install_path:path);
security_message(port:0, data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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12 Sep 2025 00:00Current
8.2High risk
Vulners AI Score8.2
CVSS 26.8
CVSS 3.18.8
EPSS0.01245