CVE-2016-1965

Mozilla: Addressbar spoofing though history navigation and Location protocol property (MFSA 2016-28)

Severity Score

4.3

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 mishandle a navigation sequence that returns to the original page, which allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar via vectors involving the history.back method and the location.protocol property.

Mozilla Firefox en versiones anteriores a 45.0 y Firefox ESR 38.x en versiones anteriores a 38.7 no maneja correctamente la secuencia de navegación que devuelve a la página original, lo que permite a atacantes remotos suplantar la barra de direcciones a través de vectores que involucran el método history.back y la propiedad location.protocol.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-01-20 CVE Reserved
2016-03-09 CVE Published
2023-10-30 EPSS Updated
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-254: 7PK - Security Features

CAPEC

References (19)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215	Vdb Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1245264	Issue Tracking

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00027.html	2019-12-27
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html	2019-12-27
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html	2019-12-27
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00050.html	2019-12-27
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00068.html	2019-12-27
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00089.html	2019-12-27
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00091.html	2019-12-27
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00093.html	2019-12-27
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3510	2019-12-27
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-28.html	2019-12-27
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1	2019-12-27
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-2	2019-12-27
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3	2019-12-27
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06	2019-12-27
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1965	2016-03-09
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1315775	2016-03-09

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				<= 44.0.2 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " <= 44.0.2"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.0.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.0.1"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.0.5 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.0.5"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.1.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.1.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.1.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.1.1"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.2.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.2.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.2.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.2.1"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.3.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.3.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.4.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.4.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.5.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.5.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.5.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.5.1"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.6.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.6.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.6.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.6.1"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				13.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "13.1"		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Linux Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Linux"				5.0 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Linux" and version "5.0"		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Linux Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Linux"				6 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Linux" and version "6"		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Linux Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Linux"				7 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Linux" and version "7"		-		Affected