CVE-2015-4498
Description
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00013.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00025.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00000.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1693.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3345
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-95.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76505
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033396
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2723-1
- 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-security-announce/2015-11/msg00025.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00000.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1693.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3345
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-95.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76505
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033396
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2723-1
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1042699
CWEs
CWE-254
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.