The WebExtension sandbox feature in browser/components/extensions/ext-tabs.js in Mozilla Firefox before 46.0 does not properly restrict principal inheritance during chrome.tabs.create and chrome.tabs.update API calls, which allows remote attackers to conduct Universal XSS (UXSS) attacks via a crafted extension that accesses a (1) javascript: or (2) data: URL.
References
Configurations
History
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Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00005.html - | |
References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00038.html - | |
References | () http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-46.html - Vendor Advisory | |
References | () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035692 - | |
References | () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-1 - | |
References | () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-2 - | |
References | () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-3 - | |
References | () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1227462 - | |
References | () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 - |
Information
Published : 2016-04-30 17:59
Updated : 2024-11-21 02:48
NVD link : CVE-2016-2817
Mitre link : CVE-2016-2817
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-2817
JSON object : View
Products Affected
mozilla
- firefox
CWE
CWE-264
Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls