CVE-2016-9901 (GCVE-0-2016-9901)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-11 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 03:07
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
HTML tags received from the Pocket server will be processed without sanitization and any JavaScript code executed will be run in the "about:pocket-saved" (unprivileged) page, giving it access to Pocket's messaging API through HTML injection. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 45.6 and Firefox < 50.1.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- Data from Pocket server improperly sanitized before execution
Assigner
References
8 references
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|---|---|
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94885 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037461 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2973.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1320057 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2946.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox ESR |
Affected:
unspecified , < 45.6
(custom)
|
guessed | |
| Mozilla | Firefox |
Affected:
unspecified , < 50.1
(custom)
|
guessed |
Date Public
2016-12-13 00:00
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Experimental. This forecast is provided for visualization only and may change without notice. Do not use it for operational decisions.
Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.
Sightings
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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