Mozilla Firefox 41 on Android Intent cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 41 on Android. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Intent Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-7191. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 41 on Android (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Intent Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Mozilla Firefox before 42.0 on Android improperly restricts URL strings in intents, which allows attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors involving an intent: URL and fallback navigation, aka "Universal XSS (UXSS)."

The weakness was shared 11/03/2015 by Muneaki Nishimura with Brown as MFSA 2015-12 as confirmed security advisory (Website). The advisory is available at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-7191 since 09/16/2015. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86955 (FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (9d04936c-75f1-4a2c-9ade-4c1708be5df9)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 168223 (OpenSuSE Security Update for MozillaFirefox, mozilla-nspr, (openSUSE-SU-2015:1942-1)).

Upgrading 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 (107804), Tenable (86955), SecurityFocus (BID 77412†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-54175†). The entries VDB-69224, VDB-79025, VDB-79026 and VDB-79027 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.5

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 86955
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (9d04936c-75f1-4a2c-9ade-4c1708be5df9)
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OpenVAS ID: 850584
OpenVAS Name: SuSE Update for MozillaFirefox, openSUSE-SU-2015:1942-1 (MozillaFirefox,)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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09/16/2015 🔍
11/03/2015 +48 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2015-12
Researcher: Muneaki Nishimura
Organization: Brown
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-7191 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-7191
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-79034
X-Force: 107804 - Mozilla Firefox Android intents cross-site scripting
SecurityFocus: 77412 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1034069
Vulnerability Center: 54175 - Mozilla Firefox before 42 on Android Remote XSS via Android Intents - CVE-2015-7191, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20130704
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Entryinfo

Created: 11/05/2015 10:15 AM
Updated: 06/26/2022 09:20 AM
Changes: 11/05/2015 10:15 AM (59), 03/10/2018 11:59 AM (23), 06/26/2022 09:20 AM (2)
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Cache ID: 18:901:40

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