Vulnerability Details : CVE-2016-2820
The Firefox Health Reports (aka FHR or about:healthreport) feature in Mozilla Firefox before 46.0 does not properly restrict the origin of events, which makes it easier for remote attackers to modify sharing preferences by leveraging access to the remote-report IFRAME element.
Products affected by CVE-2016-2820
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-2820
0.42%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 59 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2016-2820
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:N/I:P/A:N |
8.6
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2.9
|
NIST | |
4.3
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
2.8
|
1.4
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2016-2820
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The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2016-2820
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-15) — Gentoo security
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-3
USN-2936-3: Firefox regression | Ubuntu security notices
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035692
Mozilla Firefox Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Gain Elevated Privileges, Bypass Security Restrictions, and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information - SecurityTracker
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-2
USN-2936-2: Oxygen-GTK3 update | Ubuntu security notices
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00038.html
openSUSE-SU-2016:1251-1: moderate: Security update to Firefox 46.0
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http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-48.html
Firefox Health Reports could accept events from untrusted domains — MozillaVendor Advisory
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-1
USN-2936-1: Firefox vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00005.html
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:1211-1: important: Security update
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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=870870
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