Mozilla Products: Privilege escalation through Web Notification API - mfsa2014-42ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:17813 | Date: (C)2014-05-08 (M)2023-12-07 |
Class: PATCH | Family: windows |
Security researcher Mariusz Mlynski discovered an issue where sites that have been given notification permissions by a user can bypass security checks on source components for the Web Notification API. This allows for script to be run in a privileged context through notifications, leading to arbitrary code execution on these sites.
Platform: |
Microsoft Windows Server 2022 |
Microsoft Windows 11 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 |
Microsoft Windows 2000 |
Microsoft Windows XP |
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 |
Microsoft Windows Vista |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 |
Microsoft Windows 7 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 |
Microsoft Windows 8 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 |
Microsoft Windows 8.1 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 |
Microsoft Windows 10 |
Product: |
Mozilla Firefox |
Mozilla Firefox ESR |
Mozilla SeaMonkey |
Mozilla Thunderbird |