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A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox 39 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the component feed URI Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:
Mozilla Firefox before 40.0 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to bypass a mixed-content protection mechanism via a feed: URL in a POST request.
The weakness was presented 08/11/2015 by Masato Kinugawa as MFSA 2015-86 as confirmed security advisory (Website). The advisory is available at mozilla.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2015-4483 since 06/10/2015. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 85338 (FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (c66a5632-708a-4727-8236-d65b2d5b2739)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 168015 (OpenSuSE Security Update for MozillaFirefox (openSUSE-SU-2015:1389-1)).
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 (105568) and Tenable (85338). See 77000, 77073, 77076 and 77093 for similar entries.
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Nessus ID: 85338
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (c66a5632-708a-4727-8236-d65b2d5b2739)
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OpenVAS ID: 803463
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities - Aug15 (Windows)
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Upgrade: Firefox 40
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Vendor: mozilla.orgProduct: mozilla.org
Advisory: MFSA 2015-86
Researcher: Masato Kinugawa
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-4483 (🔍)
X-Force: 105568 - Mozilla Firefox feed: protocol security bypass
SecurityTracker: 1033247
SecurityFocus: 76510 - Mozilla Firefox CVE-2015-4483 Man in the Middle Security Bypass Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 08/14/2015 11:45Updated: 06/09/2022 15:18
Changes: 08/14/2015 11:45 (57), 10/08/2017 09:57 (16), 06/09/2022 15:12 (3), 06/09/2022 15:18 (1)
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