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High
CVE-2016-1949
Mozilla Firefox before 44.0.2 does not properly restrict the interaction...
Vulnerability Description
Mozilla Firefox before 44.0.2 does not properly restrict the interaction between Service Workers and plugins, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via a crafted web site that triggers spoofed responses to requests that use NPAPI, as demonstrated by a request for a crossdomain.xml file.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035007
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-13.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1245724
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00142.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2893-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00102.html
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Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 13th, 2016
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.