Mozilla Firefox up to 46 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 46. It has been rated as critical. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-2831. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 46 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox before 47.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.2 do not ensure that the user approves the fullscreen and pointerlock settings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (UI outage), or conduct clickjacking or spoofing attacks, via a crafted web site.

The weakness was shared 06/13/2016 by Jordi Chancel with Mozilla Developers (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-2831 since 03/01/2016. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 91546 (Firefox ESR 45.x < 45.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 236025 (Red Hat Update for firefox (RHSA-2016:1217)).

Upgrading to version 47.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (91546) and SecurityFocus (BID 91075†). The entries VDB-87889, VDB-87890, VDB-87891 and VDB-87892 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.7

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 91546
Nessus Name: Firefox ESR 45.x < 45.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 855205
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox Esr Security Updates( mfsa_2016-49_2016-61 )-Windows
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 47.0

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06/07/2016 +98 days 🔍
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06/13/2016 +4 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: RHSA-2016:1217
Researcher: Jordi Chancel
Organization: Mozilla Developers
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-2831 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-2831
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-87899

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SecurityFocus: 91075 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1036057

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/14/2016 09:11
Updated: 10/23/2024 03:55
Changes: 06/14/2016 09:11 (68), 01/19/2019 16:24 (13), 08/23/2022 14:20 (4), 10/23/2024 03:55 (25)
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Cache ID: 216:891:103

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