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CVE-2016-9075

Mozilla: WebExtensions can access the mozAddonManager API and use it to gain elevated privileges (MFSA 2016-89)

Publiée Modifiée CWE 264
Dans la Trivy database depuis au moins le 24 oct. 2026, 07:11 UTCLa date d'entrée avant ce build n'est pas enregistrée.

Sévérité par source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Le label propre à Trivy est CRITICAL. Critique selon NVD. Plus basse selon Red Hat (moyenne), Ubuntu (moyenne).

Description

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.

Paquets affectés et versions corrigées

SourcePaquetCorrigé en
ubuntu 12.04firefox50.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.2
ubuntu 14.04firefox50.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
ubuntu 16.04firefox50.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
ubuntu 16.10firefox50.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.10.2

Références

Les 10 références

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