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Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2016-81) - Linux

2021-11-0800:00:00
Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH
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mozilla firefox
security update
information disclosure
local file manipulation
drag and drop
cve-2016-5266

CVSS2

5.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS3

8.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

AI Score

9

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.009

Percentile

82.4%

This host is missing a security update for Mozilla Firefox.

# Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
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#
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#
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# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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CPE = "cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.2.1.2016.81");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-5266");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-11-08 15:21:25 +0000 (Mon, 08 Nov 2021)");
  script_version("2021-11-08T15:21:25+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2021-11-08 15:21:25 +0000 (Mon, 08 Nov 2021)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2017-08-15 23:29:00 +0000 (Tue, 15 Aug 2017)");

  script_name("Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2016-81) - Linux");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_family("General");
  script_dependencies("gb_firefox_detect_lin.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("mozilla/firefox/linux/detected");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"MFSA2016-81");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-81/");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1226977");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"This host is missing a security update for Mozilla Firefox.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Information disclosure and local file manipulation through drag and drop
Security researcher Rafael Gieschke reported that file URIs dragged
from a web page in Firefox to other software do not have their contents properly filtered
before being passed to other programs, such as the local file manager. This can allow for
the theft or manipulation of arbitrary local files if a user can be convinced to drag
items from a malicious web page to other programs.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Firefox version(s) below 48.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"The vendor has released an update. Please see the reference(s) for more information.");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version_unreliable");

  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);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "48")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "48", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: 0, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

CVSS2

5.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS3

8.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

AI Score

9

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.009

Percentile

82.4%