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Mozilla Firefox < 44.0.2 Security Bypass Vulnerability

low Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 9077

Synopsis

The remote host contains a web browser that is affected by a security bypass vulnerability.

Description

The version of Firefox installed is prior to 44.0.2 and is affected by a security bypass vulnerability due to improper restriction of interaction between service workers and plugins. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this using a crafted web site that triggers spoofed responses to requests that use NPAPI to bypass the same-origin policy. (CVE-2016-1949)

Solution

Upgrade to Firefox 44.0.2 or later.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-14

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 9077

Family: Web Clients

Published: 2/19/2016

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 88752, 88754

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox

Patch Publication Date: 2/12/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/11/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1949

BID: 82991