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Mozilla Firefox UniversalBrowserRead Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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Mozilla Firefox UniversalBrowserRead Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/26/2006
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/01/2006
Modified
05/23/2019

Description

Certain versions of Mozilla Firefox contain a flaw whereby a script that is granted UniversalBrowserRead access can elevate privileges into UniversalXPConnect access. As a result, a malicious script that is granted UniversalBrowserRead can potentially execute arbitrary code under the privileges of the browser process.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-1_5_0_5
  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-latest

References

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