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MFSA2016-60 Firefox: Java applets bypass CSP protections (CVE-2016-2833)

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MFSA2016-60 Firefox: Java applets bypass CSP protections (CVE-2016-2833)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
06/07/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/08/2016
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 47.0 ignores Content Security Policy (CSP) directives for cross-domain Java applets, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted applet.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-47_0

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