Mozilla Firefox < 62.0.2 Vulnerability (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 117667

Synopsis

A web browser installed on the remote macOS host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of Mozilla Firefox installed on the remote macOS host is prior to 62.0.2. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as noted in Mozilla Firefox stable channel update release notes for 2018/09/21. Please refer to the release notes for additional information. Note that Nessus has not attempted to exploit these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 62.0.2 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?c7fa8df5

http://www.nessus.org/u?a35eec72

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 117667

File Name: macosx_firefox_62_0_2.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 9/24/2018

Updated: 11/1/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-12385

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox

Required KB Items: MacOSX/Firefox/Installed

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/21/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/21/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-12385