Vulnerability Name:

CCN-79197

Published:2012-10-10
Updated:2012-10-10
Summary:Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to bypass cross-domain security restrictions, caused by the "location" object being accessed by other domain objects. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could bypass same-origin policy restrictions to gain unauthorized access to other domains and obtain sensitive information from the system.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
CVSS v2 Severity:4.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
3.5 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:UR)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
Vulnerability Consequences:Bypass Security
References:Source: CCN
Type: Mozilla Security Blog, Oct 10, 2012
Security Vulnerability in Firefox 16

Source: CCN
Type: SA50932
Mozilla Firefox Cross-Domain "location" Object Access Vulnerability

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
mozilla-firefox-location-sec-bypass(79197)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox:16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    mozilla firefox 16.0