CVE-2015-0816
Mozilla Firefox Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 37.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.6, and Thunderbird before 31.6 do not properly restrict resource: URLs, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges by leveraging the ability to bypass the Same Origin Policy, as demonstrated by the resource: URL associated with PDF.js.
INFO
Published Date :
April 1, 2015, 10:59 a.m.
Last Modified :
Sept. 17, 2017, 1:29 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
10.0
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2015-0816 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2015-0816
vulnerability.
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products
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affected, the information is not represented in the table below.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2015-0816.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2015-0816 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2015-0816 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 17, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37958/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 03, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73461 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00012.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 24, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 07, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 25, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jun. 04, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00003.html -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 15, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00006.html -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 10, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3212 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 07, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2552-1 Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0771.html Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2550-1 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032000 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3211 Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0766.html Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031996 -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 01, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:36.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:31.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:31.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) Changed Reference Type http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-33.html No Types Assigned http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-33.html Advisory Added CWE CWE-264 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 01, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-0816 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2015-0816
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
95.26 }} -0.47%
score
0.99422
percentile