CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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8.5 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox 43 (Web Browser) and classified as very critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Address Bar. The manipulation as part of a Paste leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does
not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the
properties that are required to process the data safely and
correctly. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Mozilla Firefox before 44.0 allows user-assisted remote attackers to spoof a trailing substring in the address bar by leveraging a user s paste of a (1) wyciwyg: URI or (2) resource: URI.
The weakness was presented 01/26/2016 by Jordi Chancel as MFSA2016-09 as confirmed security advisory (Website). The advisory is available at mozilla.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-1942 since 01/20/2016. 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. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/06/2022). The advisory points out:
Security researcher Jordi Chancel reported two issues involving addressbar spoofing.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 88512 (FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (4f00dac0-1e18-4481-95af-7aaad63fd303)), 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 168483 (OpenSuSE Security Update for Mozilla Firefox (openSUSE-SU-2016:0306-1)).
Upgrading to version 44 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 Tenable (88512), SecurityFocus (BID 81948†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-56209†). Additional details are provided at bugzilla.mozilla.org. See VDB-79808, VDB-80696, VDB-80694 and VDB-80693 for similar entries.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.7VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.5
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VulDB Temp Score: 9.5
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Class: Input validationCWE: CWE-20
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Nessus ID: 88512
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (4f00dac0-1e18-4481-95af-7aaad63fd303)
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OpenVAS ID: 803852
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities - Jan16 (Windows)
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Firefox 44
Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: mozilla.orgProduct: mozilla.org
Advisory: MFSA2016-09
Researcher: Jordi Chancel
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-1942 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 81948 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1034825
Vulnerability Center: 56209 - Mozilla Firefox <44 Remote Spoofing Vulnerability due to issue in the Addressbar, Low
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Entry
Created: 01/27/2016 01:43 PMUpdated: 07/06/2022 01:26 PM
Changes: 01/27/2016 01:43 PM (73), 07/23/2018 07:57 AM (18), 07/06/2022 01:26 PM (4)
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