CVE-2016-2820
Mozilla Firefox Origin Misprotection Firewall
Description
The Firefox Health Reports (aka FHR or about:healthreport) feature in Mozilla Firefox before 46.0 does not properly restrict the origin of events, which makes it easier for remote attackers to modify sharing preferences by leveraging access to the remote-report IFRAME element.
INFO
Published Date :
April 30, 2016, 5:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
July 1, 2017, 1:29 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
1.4
Exploitability Score :
2.8
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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:N/I:L/A:N Changed Reference Type http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-48.html No Types Assigned http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-48.html Advisory Added CWE CWE-284 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
May. 04, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Translated by [email protected]
May. 02, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Translation Vulnerabilidad no especificada en el componente PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools en Oracle PeopleSoft Products 8.49.31, 8.50.20 y 8.51.11 permite a usuarios autenticados remotos afectar a la integridad a través de vectores desconocidos. Added Translation La funcionalidad Firefox Health Reports (también conocida como FHR o about:healthreport) en Mozilla Firefox en versiones anteriores a 46.0 no restringe adecuadamente el origen de eventos, lo que facilita a atacantes remotos modificar preferencias de compartición aprovechando acceso al elemento IFRAME remote-report.
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-2016-2820 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-2820
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.91 }} 0.00%
score
0.80337
percentile