CVE-2015-4498

2015-08-2919:59:01

CWE-254

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mozilla firefox

add-on installation

remote attackers

user-confirmation bypass

cve-2015-4498

nvd

CVSS2

7.5

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

AI Score

7.6

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.02

Percentile

89.0%

JSON

The add-on installation feature in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0.3 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.2.1 allows remote attackers to bypass an intended user-confirmation requirement by constructing a crafted data: URL and triggering navigation to an arbitrary http: or https: URL at a certain early point in the installation process.

Affected configurations

NVD

Node

mozillafirefoxRange≤40.0.2

mozillafirefox_esrMatch38.0

mozillafirefox_esrMatch38.0.1

mozillafirefox_esrMatch38.0.5

mozillafirefox_esrMatch38.1.0

mozillafirefox_esrMatch38.2.0

VendorProductVersionCPE
mozillafirefox_esr38.0.1cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0.1:::
mozillafirefox_esr38.0cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0:::
mozillafirefox_esr38.1.0cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.1.0:::
mozillafirefox_esr38.2.0cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.2.0:::
mozillafirefox_esr38.0.5cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0.5:::
mozillafirefoxcpe:/a:mozilla:firefox::::

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
mozilla	firefox_esr	38.0.1	cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0.1:::
mozilla	firefox_esr	38.0	cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0:::
mozilla	firefox_esr	38.1.0	cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.1.0:::
mozilla	firefox_esr	38.2.0	cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.2.0:::
mozilla	firefox_esr	38.0.5	cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0.5:::
mozilla	firefox		cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox::::