MFSA2016-89 Firefox: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 50 (CVE-2016-9075)
8
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
06/11/2018
07/25/2018
07/12/2018
08/09/2018
Description
An issue where WebExtensions can use the mozAddonManager API to elevate privilege due to privileged pages being allowed in the permissions list. This allows a malicious extension to then install additional extensions without explicit user permission. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.
Solution(s)
- mozilla-firefox-upgrade-50_0
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