CVE-2015-4498
The add-on installation feature in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0.3 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.2.1 allows remote attackers to bypass an intended user-confirmation requirement by constructing a
02 Description
The add-on installation feature in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0.3 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.2.1 allows remote attackers to bypass an intended user-confirmation requirement by constructing a
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.67% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 85.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-08-29 19:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 06:18Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-06-10
- Assigning CNA
- mozilla
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d812ca7503ff9d61b47aab4d2d0856c7c38653a02d202242fe000f25da71a672
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.debian.orgDSA-3345http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3345
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:2081http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00025.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2723-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2723-1
- bugzilla.mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1042699
- www.securityfocus.com76505http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76505
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:1504http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00013.html
- www.securitytracker.com1033396http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033396
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:1492http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00000.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:1693http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1693.html
- www.mozilla.orghttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-95.html
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- firefox Fixed in 40.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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