PT-2016-7642 · Mozilla+3 · Firefox+3

Kris Maglione · Published 2016-11-15 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2016-9075

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Firefox versions prior to 50

Description The issue allows WebExtensions to elevate privilege using the mozAddonManager API, as privileged pages are permitted in the permissions list. This enables a malicious extension to install additional extensions without explicit user permission.

Recommendations For versions prior to 50, update to version 50 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-2307

ALT-PU-2017-1578

CVE-2016-9075

MGASA-2017-0323

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_2861-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_3011-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

SUSE-SU-2019:2872-1

USN-3124-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Firefox

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 2120

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9064 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2019:2872-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9075 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9068 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9070 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9075 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0323 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3124-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5292 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-91 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9069 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9075 · Vendor Advisory