CVE detail
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.
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Buzz score components · mention 13.9 · diversity 6.5 · KEV 25.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
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Evidence
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3 source links · newest first
- New Terror Exploit Kit EmergesSecurityWeek
After the fall of the Nuclear and Angler exploit kits (EKs), overall activity generated from exploit kits has dropped to only a fraction of what used to be.
newswww.securityweek.comJan 10, 2017, 4:59 PM - 0-day attack on Firefox stole sensitive data and passwordSecurity Affairs
Mozilla released the version 39.0.3 Firefox to patch a critical 0-day vulnerability that has been exploited in the wild. A zero-day vulnerability in Mozilla FireFox was reported on Wednesday to the company. A user noticed that an ad displayed on a Russian news website was serving an a malicious code. The exploit discovered by the user […]
newssecurityaffairs.comAug 8, 2015, 7:34 AM Mozilla updated Firefox to version 39.0.3 on Thursday to address a critical vulnerability that has been exploited in the wild.
newswww.securityweek.comAug 7, 2015, 9:24 AM
Exploit code
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