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CVE-2015-5961

Published: Aug 8, 2015Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-264
3.3LOW
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 69.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

The COPPA error page in the Accounts setup dialog in Mozilla Firefox OS before 2.2 embeds content from an external web server URL into the System process, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by spoofing that server.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:AAC:LAu:NC:NI:PA:N
Exploitability
AV:AAccess Vector
Adjacent Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected Products

Mozilla Corp.
oss-project·USaka mozilla
Firefox OS
Consumer Software
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-75.html
mozilla.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76255
securityfocus.com
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1123433
bugzilla.mozilla.org

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