Improper Access Control Affecting mozilla package, versions [,45.1.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.96% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MOZILLA-2377980
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed30 Apr 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 30 Apr 2016

CVE-2016-2820  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mozilla to version 45.1.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Access Control. The Firefox Health Reports (aka FHR or about:healthreport) feature in Mozilla Firefox before 46.0 does not properly restrict the origin of events, which makes it easier for remote attackers to modify sharing preferences by leveraging access to the remote-report IFRAME element.

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