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Vulnerability details: VCID-h4qg-rgk9-aaas
Vulnerability ID VCID-h4qg-rgk9-aaas
Aliases CVE-2016-9075
Summary An issue where WebExtensions can use the mozAddonManager API to elevate privilege due to privileged pages being allowed in the permissions list. This allows a malicious extension to then install additional extensions without explicit user permission. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 9.0
Risk 4.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
System Score Found at
generic_textual Medium http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-9075.html
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rhbs medium https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1395101
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9075
cvssv2 4.6 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9075
cvssv3 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9075
archlinux Critical https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-72
generic_textual Medium https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3124-1
generic_textual critical https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89
generic_textual Medium https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/
Reference id Reference type URL
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-9075.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-9075.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9075
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1295324
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9075
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3124-1
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94337
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298
1395101 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1395101
ASA-201611-16 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-16
AVG-72 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-72
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2016-9075 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9075
mfsa2016-89 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89
USN-3124-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3124-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-9075.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9075
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9075
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.69305
EPSS Score 0.00303
Published At Dec. 17, 2024, midnight
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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