Vulnerability Details : CVE-2015-2711
Mozilla Firefox before 38.0 does not recognize a referrer policy delivered by a referrer META element in cases of context-menu navigation and middle-click navigation, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading web-server Referer logs that contain private data in a URL, as demonstrated by a private path component.
Products affected by CVE-2015-2711
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-2711
0.52%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 64 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2015-2711
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4.3
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
8.6
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2.9
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2015-2711
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The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2015-2711
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74611
Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird MFSA 2015-48 through -58 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-49.html
Referrer policy ignored when links opened by middle-click and context menu — MozillaVendor Advisory
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2602-1
USN-2602-1: Firefox vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices
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http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
Oracle Solaris Bulletin - April 2016
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201605-06) — Gentoo security
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00036.html
openSUSE-SU-2015:0934-1: moderate: Security update for MozillaFirefox
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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1113431
1113431 - (CVE-2015-2711) <meta name="referrer"> is ignored for navigations from the context menu and via a middle-click
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