CVE-2013-5598

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-5598
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermozilla
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-10-30 10:55:04 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionPDF.js in Mozilla Firefox before 25.0 and Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.1 does not properly handle the appending of an IFRAME element, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges by using this element within an embedded PDF object.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 8.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox 19.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 19.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 19.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 20.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 20.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 21.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 22.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 23.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 23.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 24.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 24.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 24.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2013:1633-1: important: Mozilla Suite: U af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
MFSA 2013-99: Security bypass of PDF.js checks using iframes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2013:1634-1: important: Mozilla updates af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Access Denied af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
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