vulnerability

Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-9075): Firefox vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Nov 15, 2016
Added
Nov 19, 2016
Modified
Nov 27, 2024

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

ubuntu-upgrade-firefox
Title
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