Description
Mozilla Firefox before 37.0 does not require an HTTPS session for lightweight theme add-on installations, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to bypass an intended user-confirmation requirement by deploying a crafted web site and conducting a DNS spoofing attack against a mozilla.org subdomain.
Published: 2015-04-01
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-0825 Mozilla Firefox before 37.0 does not require an HTTPS session for lightweight theme add-on installations, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to bypass an intended user-confirmation requirement by deploying a crafted web site and conducting a DNS spoofing attack against a mozilla.org subdomain.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2550-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Mozilla Firefox
Opensuse Opensuse
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T04:26:10.159Z

Reserved: 2015-01-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-0812

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-04-01T10:59:11.490

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-0812

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-03-31T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-0812 - Bugzilla

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