Mozilla Firefox < 36.0.4 SVG Bypass Privilege Escalation

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 8685

Synopsis

The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

Versions of Mozilla Firefox earlier than 36.0.4 are affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability due to a flaw within 'docshell/base/nsDocShell.cpp', which relates to SVG format content navigation. A remote attacker can exploit this to bypass same-origin policy protections, allowing a possible execution of arbitrary scripts in a privileged context.

Solution

Upgrade to Firefox 36.0.4, or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 8685

Family: Web Clients

Published: 4/10/2015

Updated: 11/6/2019

Nessus ID: 82039, 82041

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/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

Patch Publication Date: 3/21/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/20/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-0818

BID: 73265

Detections

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