Medium severity · published Jan 31, 2016
CVE-2016-1947
Mozilla Firefox 43.x mishandles attempts to connect to the Application Reputation service, which makes it easier for remote attackers to trigger an unintended download by…
4.7
CVSS
1.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Mozilla Firefox 43.x mishandles attempts to connect to the Application Reputation service, which makes it easier for remote attackers to trigger an unintended download by leveraging the absence of reputation data.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.9% · higher than 80% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FI
Firefox · Mozilla
43.0; 43.0.1; 43.0.2; 43.0.3; 43.0.4 · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
42.1 · source: NVD
OP
Opensuse · Opensuse
13.1; 13.2 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04; 14.04; 15.04; 15.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1947
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1947
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00001.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00002.html
Vendor Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-11.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81949
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034825
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2880-1
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