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Mozilla Firefox 'crypto.generateCRMFRequest()' Function Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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Mozilla Firefox 'crypto.generateCRMFRequest()' Function Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
04/14/2006
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/07/2006
Modified
02/13/2015

Description

Certain versions of Mozilla Firefox contain a flawed implementation of the 'crypto.generateCRMFRequest()' function. As a result, a malicious web site can execute arbitrary code under the privileges of the browser process.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-1_5_0_2
  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-latest

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