CVE-2016-2817
Published on: 04/30/2016 12:00:00 AM UTC
Last Modified on: 03/23/2021 11:27:16 PM UTC
Certain versions of Firefox from Mozilla contain the following vulnerability:
The WebExtension sandbox feature in browser/components/extensions/ext-tabs.js in Mozilla Firefox before 46.0 does not properly restrict principal inheritance during chrome.tabs.create and chrome.tabs.update API calls, which allows remote attackers to conduct Universal XSS (UXSS) attacks via a crafted extension that accesses a (1) javascript: or (2) data: URL.
- CVE-2016-2817 has been assigned by
[email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as MEDIUM severity.
CVSS3 Score: 5.4 - MEDIUM
Attack Vector ⓘ |
Attack Complexity |
Privileges Required |
User Interaction |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
NETWORK | LOW | NONE | REQUIRED | |
Scope | Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
|
UNCHANGED | LOW | LOW | NONE |
CVSS2 Score: 4.3 - MEDIUM
Access Vector ⓘ |
Access Complexity |
Authentication |
---|---|---|
NETWORK | MEDIUM | NONE |
Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
NONE | PARTIAL | NONE |
CVE References
Description | Tags ⓘ | Link |
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1227462 – chrome.tabs.update/create APIs should call checkLoadURI with DISALLOW_INHERIT_PRINCIPAL | bugzilla.mozilla.org text/html |
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Elevation of privilege with chrome.tabs.update API in web extensions — Mozilla | Vendor Advisory www.mozilla.org text/html |
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Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-15) — Gentoo security | security.gentoo.org text/html |
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[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:1211-1: important: Security update | lists.opensuse.org text/html |
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openSUSE-SU-2016:1251-1: moderate: Security update to Firefox 46.0 | lists.opensuse.org text/html |
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USN-2936-2: Oxygen-GTK3 update | Ubuntu | www.ubuntu.com text/html |
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USN-2936-1: Firefox vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | www.ubuntu.com text/html |
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USN-2936-3: Firefox regression | Ubuntu | www.ubuntu.com text/html |
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Mozilla Firefox Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Gain Elevated Privileges, Bypass Security Restrictions, and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information - SecurityTracker | www.securitytracker.com text/html |
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There are currently no QIDs associated with this CVE
Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)
Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
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Application | Mozilla | Firefox | All | All | All | All |
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE