PT-2015-1924 · Mozilla · Firefox Os

Kartikaya Gupta + 1 · Published 2015-08-06 · Updated 2015-08-21 · CVE-2015-5961

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

3.3

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox OS versions prior to 2.2

Description The issue is related to insufficient access restrictions in Mozilla Firefox OS, which can be exploited by man-in-the-middle attackers to bypass intended access restrictions. This can be achieved by spoofing an external web server URL embedded in the System process, specifically in the COPPA error page within the Accounts setup dialog.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.2, update to version 2.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-11270

CVE-2015-5961

Affected Products

Firefox Os

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5961 · Security Note
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1123433 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-11270 · Security Note
• http://mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-75.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/76255 · Note