CVE-2015-4498

CVE Details

Release Date:

2015-08-27

Description

A flaw was found in the way Firefox handled installation of add-ons. An attacker could use this flaw to bypass the add-on installation prompt, and trick the user inso installing an add-on from a malicious source.

See more information about CVE-2015-4498 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	5.1	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (firefox)	ELSA-2015-1693	2015-08-27
Oracle Linux version 6 (firefox)	ELSA-2015-1693	2015-08-27
Oracle Linux version 7 (firefox)	ELSA-2015-1693	2015-08-27

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