Mozilla Firefox 44 perfomance.getEntries information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox 44. This affects the function perfomance.getEntries. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2016-1967. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 44 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function perfomance.getEntries. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 03/08/2016 as MFSA 2016-29 as confirmed security advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-1967 since 01/20/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 89765 (FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (2225c5b4-1e5a-44fc-9920-b3201c384a15)), 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 168647 (OpenSuSE Security Update for Security MozillaFirefox, mozilla-nspr, (openSUSE-SU-2016:0731-1)).

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 (111336), Tenable (89765) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-57158†). Similar entries are available at VDB-81202, VDB-81204, VDB-81205 and VDB-81208. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 89765
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (2225c5b4-1e5a-44fc-9920-b3201c384a15)
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OpenVAS ID: 802891
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities - Mar16 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2016-29
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-1967 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-1967
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-81215

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X-Force: 111336 - Mozilla Firefox perfomance.getEntries() security bypass
SecurityTracker: 1035215
Vulnerability Center: 57158 - Mozilla Firefox <45 Remote Same-Origin Policy Violation in performance.getEntries - CVE-2016-1967, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/09/2016 10:06
Updated: 07/09/2022 12:53
Changes: 03/09/2016 10:06 (68), 09/02/2018 10:35 (16), 07/09/2022 12:53 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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