CVE-2016-2817
Mozilla Firefox WebExtension Sandbox UXSS Vulnerability
Description
The WebExtension sandbox feature in browser/components/extensions/ext-tabs.js in Mozilla Firefox before 46.0 does not properly restrict principal inheritance during chrome.tabs.create and chrome.tabs.update API calls, which allows remote attackers to conduct Universal XSS (UXSS) attacks via a crafted extension that accesses a (1) javascript: or (2) data: URL.
INFO
Published Date :
April 30, 2016, 5:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM | [email protected] | ||||
| CVSS 3.0 | MEDIUM | [email protected] |
Solution
- Update Firefox to the latest version.
- Update affected packages.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2016-2817.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-2817 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-2817
weaknesses.
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-2016-2817 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2016-2817 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 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00005.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00038.html Added Reference http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-46.html Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035692 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-1 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-2 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-3 Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1227462 Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 01, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 01, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00005.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-1 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-2 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00038.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-3 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035692 [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
May. 04, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Changed Reference Type http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-46.html No Types Assigned http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-46.html Advisory Added CWE CWE-264 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
May. 04, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 5.4
Base CVSS Score: 4.3
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.40 }} -0.90%
score
0.57732
percentile