CVE-2016-9075

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Jun 11, 2018
Updated: Aug 6, 2024
Reserved: Oct 27, 2016

Description

An issue where WebExtensions can use the mozAddonManager API to elevate privilege due to privileged pages being allowed in the permissions list. This allows a malicious extension to then install additional extensions without explicit user permission. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
FirefoxMozilla	before 50Affected

References

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1295324
94337vdb-entry
1037298vdb-entry
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/

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