The PDF reader in Mozilla Firefox before 39.0.3, Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.1.1, and Firefox OS before 2.2 allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy, and read arbitrary files or gain privileges, via vectors involving crafted JavaScript code and a native setter, as exploited in the wild in August 2015.
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Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2707-1 Firefox vulnerability
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History

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Weaknesses CWE-346

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Metrics kev

{'dateAdded': '2022-05-25'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 22 Oct 2024 23:00:00 +0900

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Mozilla firefox Esr

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-21T23:55:58.479Z

Reserved: 2015-06-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-4495

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:18:11.155Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-08-08T00:59:04.597

Modified: 2025-10-22T00:15:43.610

Link: CVE-2015-4495

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2015-08-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-4495 - Bugzilla

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