CVE-2016-2817
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
The WebExtension sandbox feature in browser/components/extensions/ext-tabs.js in Mozilla Firefox before 46.0 does not properly restrict principal inheritance during chrome.tabs.create and chrome.tabs.update API calls, which allows remote attackers to conduct Universal XSS (UXSS) attacks via a crafted extension that accesses a (1) javascript: or (2) data: URL.
La funcionalidad de sandbox WebExtension en browser/components/extensions/ext-tabs.js en Mozilla Firefox en versiones anteriores a 46.0 no restringe adecuadamente la herencia principal durante llamadas API chrome.tabs.create y chrome.tabs.update, lo que permite a atacantes remotos llevar a cabo ataques Universal XSS (UXSS) a través de una extensión manipulada que accede a una URL (1) javascript: o (2) data:.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2016-03-01 CVE Reserved
- 2016-04-28 CVE Published
- 2023-03-07 EPSS Updated
- 2024-08-05 CVE Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CAPEC
References (9)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035692 | Vdb Entry | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1227462 | X_refsource_confirm |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|
| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00005.html | 2017-07-01 | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00038.html | 2017-07-01 | |
| http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-46.html | 2017-07-01 | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-1 | 2017-07-01 | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-2 | 2017-07-01 | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-3 | 2017-07-01 | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 | 2017-07-01 |