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CVE-2014-8638 Detail

Description

The navigator.sendBeacon implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 35.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.4, Thunderbird before 31.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.32 omits the CORS Origin header, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended CORS access-control checks and conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks via a crafted web site.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  01/14/2015

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.8 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0046.html
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0047.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00014.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00032.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00033.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00036.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00071.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0046.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0047.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/62253
http://secunia.com/advisories/62259
http://secunia.com/advisories/62273
http://secunia.com/advisories/62274
http://secunia.com/advisories/62283
http://secunia.com/advisories/62293
http://secunia.com/advisories/62304
http://secunia.com/advisories/62313
http://secunia.com/advisories/62315
http://secunia.com/advisories/62316
http://secunia.com/advisories/62418
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3127
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3132
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2015-03.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72047
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031533
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031534
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2460-1
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1080987
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99958
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (CWE-352)

Change History

12 change records found - show changes

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-8638
NVD Published Date:
01/14/2015
NVD Last Modified:
09/07/2017