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Vulnerability Details : CVE-2015-4495

The PDF reader in Mozilla Firefox before 39.0.3, Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.1.1, and Firefox OS before 2.2 allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy, and read arbitrary files or gain privileges, via vectors involving crafted JavaScript code and a native setter, as exploited in the wild in August 2015.
Publish Date : 2015-08-08 Last Update Date : 2018-10-30
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- CVSS Scores & Vulnerability Types

CVSS Score
4.3
Confidentiality Impact Partial (There is considerable informational disclosure.)
Integrity Impact None (There is no impact to the integrity of the system)
Availability Impact None (There is no impact to the availability of the system.)
Access Complexity Medium (The access conditions are somewhat specialized. Some preconditions must be satistified to exploit)
Authentication Not required (Authentication is not required to exploit the vulnerability.)
Gained Access None
Vulnerability Type(s) Gain privilegesBypass a restriction or similarObtain Information
CWE ID 200

- Related OVAL Definitions

Title Definition Id Class Family
RHSA-2015:1581: firefox security update (Important) oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20151581 unix
OVAL (Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language) definitions define exactly what should be done to verify a vulnerability or a missing patch. Check out the OVAL definitions if you want to learn what you should do to verify a vulnerability.

- Products Affected By CVE-2015-4495

# Product Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
1 OS Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
2 OS Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
3 OS Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.04 * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
4 Application Mozilla Firefox * * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
5 Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.0 * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
6 Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.0.1 * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
7 Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.0.5 * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
8 Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.1.0 * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
9 OS Mozilla Firefox Os * * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
10 OS Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 12.0 * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
11 OS Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12.0 * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
12 OS Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12.0 * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
13 OS Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
14 OS Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
15 OS Oracle Solaris 11.3 * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities

- Number Of Affected Versions By Product

Vendor Product Vulnerable Versions
Canonical Ubuntu Linux 3
Mozilla Firefox 1
Mozilla Firefox Esr 4
Mozilla Firefox Os 1
Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 1
Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server 1
Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 1
Opensuse Opensuse 2
Oracle Solaris 1

- References For CVE-2015-4495

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37772/
EXPLOIT-DB 37772
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1179262 CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00010.html
SUSE SUSE-SU-2015:1380
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00016.html
SUSE SUSE-SU-2015:1528
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10
GENTOO GLSA-201512-10
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76249
BID 76249 Mozilla Firefox CVE-2015-4495 Same Origin Policy Security Bypass Vulnerability Release Date:2015-10-26
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033216
SECTRACK 1033216
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00021.html
SUSE SUSE-SU-2015:1449
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00014.html
SUSE openSUSE-SU-2015:1389
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00015.html
SUSE openSUSE-SU-2015:1390
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html CONFIRM
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1581.html
REDHAT RHSA-2015:1581
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1178058 CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2707-1
UBUNTU USN-2707-1
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-78.html CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00009.html
SUSE SUSE-SU-2015:1379
https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2015/08/06/firefox-exploit-found-in-the-wild/ CONFIRM

- Metasploit Modules Related To CVE-2015-4495

There are not any metasploit modules related to this CVE entry (Please visit www.metasploit.com for more information)
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