High severity · published Jan 31, 2016
CVE-2016-1942
Mozilla Firefox before 44.0 allows user-assisted remote attackers to spoof a trailing substring in the address bar by leveraging a user's paste of a (1) wyciwyg: URI or (2)…
7.4
CVSS
1.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 44.0 allows user-assisted remote attackers to spoof a trailing substring in the address bar by leveraging a user's paste of a (1) wyciwyg: URI or (2) resource: URI.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.8% · higher than 78% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FI
Firefox · Mozilla
through 43.0.4 · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
42.1 · source: NVD
OP
Opensuse · Opensuse
13.1; 13.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1942
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1942
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00001.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00002.html
Vendor Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-09.html
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81948
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034825
www.ubuntu.com
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2880-1
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