CVE-2015-0812 (GCVE-0-2015-0812)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-04-01 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 04:26
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Mozilla Firefox before 37.0 does not require an HTTPS session for lightweight theme add-on installations, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to bypass an intended user-confirmation requirement by deploying a crafted web site and conducting a DNS spoofing attack against a mozilla.org subdomain.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
7 references
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|---|---|
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031996 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1128126 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfs… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2550-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
Date Public
2015-03-31 00:00
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