Privilege escalation vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox through about:newtab| ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:6838 | Date: (C)2012-09-06 (M)2024-03-27 |
| Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: windows |
The host is installed with Mozilla Firefox before 15.0 and is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability. A flaw is present in the applications, which fail to properly restrict navigation to the about:newtab page. Successful exploitation could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges.
| Platform: |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2022 |
| Microsoft Windows 11 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
| Microsoft Windows Vista |
| Microsoft Windows 7 |
| Microsoft Windows 8 |
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 |
| Microsoft Windows 10 |
