SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2015-0812

Mozilla Firefox before 37.0 does not require an HTTPS session for lightweight theme add-on installations, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to bypass an intended user-confirmation requirement by deploying a crafted web site and conducting a DNS…

MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 1.26%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.26%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 37.0 does not require an HTTPS session for lightweight theme add-on installations, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to bypass an intended user-confirmation requirement by deploying a crafted web site and conducting a DNS spoofing attack against a mozilla.org subdomain.

CVSS 2.0
4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS
1.26% probability · 68th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-17
Affected
mozilla/firefox · opensuse/opensuse · canonical/ubuntu linux
Source
security@mozilla.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.