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Mozilla Firefox ESR < 91.7

critical Nessus Plugin ID 158691

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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 ESR installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 91.7. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2022-11 advisory.

 - When resizing a popup after requesting fullscreen access, the popup would not display the fullscreen notification. (CVE-2022-26383)

 - If an attacker could control the contents of an iframe sandboxed with <code>allow-popups</code> but not <code>allow-scripts</code>, they were able to craft a link that, when clicked, would lead to JavaScript execution in violation of the sandbox. (CVE-2022-26384)

 - When installing an add-on, Firefox verified the signature before prompting the user; but while the user was confirming the prompt, the underlying add-on file could have been modified and Firefox would not have noticed. (CVE-2022-26387)

 - An attacker could have caused a use-after-free by forcing a text reflow in an SVG object leading to a potentially exploitable crash. (CVE-2022-26381)

 - Previously Firefox for macOS and Linux would download temporary files to a user-specific directory in <code>/tmp</code>, but this behavior was changed to download them to <code>/tmp</code> where they could be affected by other local users. This behavior was reverted to the original, user-specific directory. This bug only affects Firefox for macOS and Linux. Other operating systems are unaffected. (CVE-2022-26386)

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 ESR version 91.7 or later.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-11/

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 158691

File Name: macos_firefox_91_7_esr.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 3/8/2022

Updated: 11/6/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-26384

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.6

Temporal Score: 8.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr

Required KB Items: MacOSX/Firefox/Version

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/8/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/8/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-26381, CVE-2022-26383, CVE-2022-26384, CVE-2022-26386, CVE-2022-26387

IAVA: 2022-A-0103-S