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MFSA2015-25 Firefox: Local files or privileged URLs in pages can be opened into new tabs (CVE-2015-0821)

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MFSA2015-25 Firefox: Local files or privileged URLs in pages can be opened into new tabs (CVE-2015-0821)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/25/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/26/2015
Modified
04/05/2017

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 36.0 allows user-assisted remote attackers to read arbitrary files or execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via a crafted web site that is accessed with unspecified mouse and keyboard actions.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-36_0

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