PT-2015-1040 · Mozilla+5 · Firefox+8

Marius Mlynski · Published 2015-03-31 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2015-0816

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 37.0 Firefox ESR versions 31.x prior to 31.6 Thunderbird versions prior to 31.6

Description The issue is related to the incorrect restriction of resource: URLs, allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges by bypassing the Same Origin Policy. This can be achieved through a resource: URL associated with PDF.js. The estimated number of potentially affected devices is not specified.

Recommendations For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 37.0, update to version 37.0 or later. For Firefox ESR versions 31.x prior to 31.6, update to version 31.6 or later. For Thunderbird versions prior to 31.6, update to version 31.6 or later. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the resource: URL associated with PDF.js to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2015-1374

ALT-PU-2015-1464

ALT-PU-2015-1584

BDU:2015-09888

BDU:2015-09889

BDU:2015-09890

CESA-2015_0766

CESA-2015_0771

CVE-2015-0816

DSA-3211-1

DSA-3212-1

MGASA-2015-0131

MGASA-2015-0342

OPENSUSE-SU-2015_0677-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

RHSA-2015:0766

RHSA-2015:0771

RHSA-2015_0766

RHSA-2015_0771

SUSE-SU-2015:0704-1

SUSE-SU-2015:0704-2

USN-2550-1

USN-2552-1

ZDI-15-110

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Firefox Esr

Firefox

Pdf.Js

Red Hat

Suse

Thunderbird

Ubuntu

References · 2170

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/browser/firefox_proxy_prototype.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/browser/firefox_pdfjs_privilege_escalation.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/37958 · Exploit
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0131.html · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3212 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0811 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0766.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-36 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-45 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0771.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2015:0704-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2015:0704-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00006.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0766.html · Vendor Advisory