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Mozilla Firefox < 84.0

critical Nessus Plugin ID 144283

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Synopsis

A web browser installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Firefox installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 84.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2020-54 advisory. Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 84.0 or later.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-54/

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 144283

File Name: macos_firefox_84_0.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 12/15/2020

Updated: 2/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-26972

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox

Required KB Items: MacOSX/Firefox/Installed

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/15/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/2/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-16042, CVE-2020-26971, CVE-2020-26972, CVE-2020-26973, CVE-2020-26974, CVE-2020-26975, CVE-2020-26976, CVE-2020-26977, CVE-2020-26978, CVE-2020-26979, CVE-2020-35111, CVE-2020-35112, CVE-2020-35113, CVE-2020-35114

IAVA: 2020-A-0575-S, 2021-A-0051-S

MFSA: 2020-54