CVE-2016-1949

Mozilla Firefox before 44.0.2 does not properly restrict the interaction between Service Workers and plugins, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via a crafted web site that triggers spoofed responses to requests that use NPAPI, as demonstrated by a request for a crossdomain.xml file.

CVSS v3.0 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

8.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-13.html	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1245724
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00102.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2893-1
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035007
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00142.html

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2016-02-12 18:59

Updated : 2016-12-05 19:07

NVD link : CVE-2016-1949

Mitre link : CVE-2016-1949

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

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Products Affected

mozilla

firefox

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