Mozilla Firefox for Android < 24.0 Shared Library Loading

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 8244

Synopsis

The remote Android host was detected using an outdated version of Mozilla Firefox.

Description

Versions of Mozilla Firefox older than 24.0 contain a flaw wherein a shared object library (.so) will be optionally loaded to enable GL tracing. This library can be loaded from a world writeable location, allowing for modification or replacement by a malicious third party. Note that the flaw requires malicious software to be loaded on the device and is not accessible by web content.

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox 24.0 for Android (or later) from the Google Play app store.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 8244

Family: Web Clients

Published: 5/1/2014

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_mobile

Patch Publication Date: 9/17/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/17/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1731

BID: 62476

Detections

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