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CVE-2015-4495

Date: August 7, 2015

The PDF reader in Mozilla Firefox before 39.0.3, Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.1.1, and Firefox OS before 2.2 allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy, and read arbitrary files or gain privileges, via vectors involving crafted JavaScript code and a native setter, as exploited in the wild in August 2015.

Severity Score

8.8

Related Resources (23)

Url: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1179262

Url: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-4495

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00009.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00010.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76249

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2707-1

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-4495

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10

Url: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1178058

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033216

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-4495

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4495

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00015.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4495

Url: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37772/

Url: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-78.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00014.html

Url: https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2015/08/06/firefox-exploit-found-in-the-wild/

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1581.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00021.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00016.html

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-4495

Severity Score

8.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CWE-200

Origin Validation Error

CWE-346

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	8.8
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE
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CVE-2015-4495

Date: August 7, 2015

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CVSS v3.1

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