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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mozilla Firefox 39 (Web Browser). This affects some unknown processing of the component JSON Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on integrity.
The weakness was disclosed 08/11/2015 as MFSA 2015-82 as confirmed security advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-4478 since 06/10/2015. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 85336 (CentOS 5 / 6 / 7 : firefox (CESA-2015:1586)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 123849 (CentOS Security Update for firefox Security Update (CESA-2015:1586)).
Upgrading to version 40 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (105576) and Tenable (85336). The entries 76999, 77001, 77075 and 77077 are pretty similar.
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.6
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Exploiting
Class: Information disclosureCWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Unproven
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Nessus ID: 85336
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 / 6 / 7 : firefox (CESA-2015:1586)
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OpenVAS ID: 703333
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3333-1 (iceweasel - security update)
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Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Firefox 40
Timeline
06/10/2015 🔍08/11/2015 🔍
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08/14/2015 🔍
08/15/2015 🔍
06/09/2022 🔍
Sources
Vendor: mozilla.orgProduct: mozilla.org
Advisory: MFSA 2015-82
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-4478 (🔍)
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X-Force: 105576 - Mozilla Firefox JSON security bypass
SecurityTracker: 1033247
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Entry
Created: 08/14/2015 10:57Updated: 06/09/2022 15:06
Changes: 08/14/2015 10:57 (59), 10/08/2017 09:56 (8), 06/09/2022 15:04 (4), 06/09/2022 15:06 (1)
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