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Firefox ESR 31.x < 31.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)
high Nessus Plugin ID 82499
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Synopsis
The remote Mac OS X host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.Description
The version of Firefox ESR 31.x installed on the remote Mac OS X host is prior to 31.6. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities :- A privilege escalation vulnerability exists which relates to anchor navigation. A remote attacker can exploit this to bypass same-origin policy protections, allowing a possible execution of arbitrary scripts in a privileged context. Note that this is a variant of CVE-2015-0818 that was fixed in Firefox ESR 31.5.3.
(CVE-2015-0801)
- Access to certain privileged internal methods is retained when navigating from windows created to contain privileged UI content to unprivileged pages. An attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary JavaScript with elevated privileges. (CVE-2015-0802)
- A cross-site request forgery (XSRF) vulnerability exists in the sendBeacon() function due to cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) requests following 30x redirections. (CVE-2015-0807)
- Multiple memory safety issues exist within the browser engine. A remote attacker can exploit these to corrupt memory and possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2015-0815)
- A privilege escalation vulnerability exists related to documents loaded through a 'resource:' URL. An attacker can exploit this to load pages and execute JavaScript with elevated privileges. (CVE-2015-0816)
Solution
Upgrade to Firefox ESR 31.6 or later.See Also
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-30/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-33/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-37/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-40/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 82499
File Name: macosx_firefox_31_6_esr.nasl
Version: 1.10
Type: local
Agent: macosx
Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks
Published: 4/1/2015
Updated: 7/14/2018
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr
Required KB Items: MacOSX/Firefox/Installed
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/31/2015
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/12/2015
Exploitable With
Metasploit (Firefox PDF.js Privileged Javascript Injection)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2015-0801, CVE-2015-0802, CVE-2015-0807, CVE-2015-0815, CVE-2015-0816