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Mozilla Firefox ESR Security Update (mfsa_2024-16) - Mac OS X

2024-03-2500:00:00
Copyright (C) 2024 Greenbone AG
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mozilla firefox esr
privilege escalation
mac os x
arbitrary code execution
security update

6.7 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

16.1%

Mozilla Firefox ESR is prone to a
privilege escalation vulnerability.

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.832891");
  script_version("2024-06-21T05:05:42+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2024-29944");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-06-21 05:05:42 +0000 (Fri, 21 Jun 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2024-03-25 15:42:06 +0530 (Mon, 25 Mar 2024)");
  script_name("Mozilla Firefox ESR Security Update (mfsa_2024-16) - Mac OS X");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Mozilla Firefox ESR is prone to a
  privilege escalation 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 a privileged
  javaScript execution error in event handlers.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation allows an attacker
  to conduct arbitrary code execution.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Mozilla Firefox ESR prior to version
  115.9.1 on Mac OS X.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 115.9.1 or later.");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2024 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(!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:"115.9.1")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"115.9.1", install_path:path);
  security_message(port:0, data:report);
  exit(0);
}