Mozilla Firefox ESR < 52.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 104635

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Synopsis

A web browser installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Mozilla Firefox ESR installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 52.5. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities, some of which allow code execution and potentially exploitable crashes.

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 52.5 or later.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-25/

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 104635

File Name: macosx_firefox_52_5_esr.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 11/16/2017

Updated: 11/12/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-7827

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr

Required KB Items: MacOSX/Firefox/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/14/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/14/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7826, CVE-2017-7827, CVE-2017-7828, CVE-2017-7830, CVE-2017-7831, CVE-2017-7832, CVE-2017-7833, CVE-2017-7834, CVE-2017-7835, CVE-2017-7836, CVE-2017-7837, CVE-2017-7838, CVE-2017-7839, CVE-2017-7840, CVE-2017-7842

BID: 101832

MFSA: 2017-25