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CVE-2015-4498

Date: August 29, 2015

The add-on installation feature in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0.3 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.2.1 allows remote attackers to bypass an intended user-confirmation requirement by constructing a crafted data: URL and triggering navigation to an arbitrary http: or https: URL at a certain early point in the installation process.

Severity Score

Related Resources (15)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76505
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4498
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-95.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3345
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-4498
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1693.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2723-1
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033396
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4498
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1042699
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00013.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00025.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-4498

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Security Features

CWE-254

CVSS v3.1

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

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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