Confirmed as exploited
CVE-2015-4495
The PDF reader in Mozilla Firefox before 39.0.3, Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.1.1, and Firefox OS before 2.2 allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy, and read arbitrary files or gain privileges, via vectors involving crafted JavaScript code and a native setter, as exploited in the wild in August 2015.
01 / ACTION
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Moxilla Firefox allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy to read arbitrary files or gain privileges.
The PDF reader in Mozilla Firefox before 39.0.3, Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.1.1, and Firefox OS before 2.2 allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy, and read arbitrary files or gain privileges, via vectors involving crafted JavaScript code and a native setter, as exploited in the wild in August 2015.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00009.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00016.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1581.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-78.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76249
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033216
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2707-1
- https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2015/08/06/firefox-exploit-found-in-the-wild/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1178058
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1179262
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37772/