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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.

CVSS 8.8 · HighBuzz score 45.4KEV listed

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 45.4

This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.

Buzz score components · mention 13.9 · diversity 6.5 · KEV 25.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Mention score
13.9
3 evidence mentions in the snapshot
Diversity score
6.5
2 sources across 1 categories
KEV score
25.0
Known exploited vulnerability present
OTX score
0.0
0 OTX pulses
PoC score
0.0
0 repos · best confidence N/A
Best PoC traction
0
Maximum stars on a matched PoC repo

Why it matters now

Mention timeline

Total mentions
0
within the 30d window
Peak daily
0
highest bucket

Evidence

Source links by recency

Newest mentions first
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
  • 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

Public exploit repository references

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0 repository references · best confidence N/A · max 0 stars
No public PoC repositories have been matched yet.

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