Mozilla Firefox ESR < 52.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)

Critical Nessus Plugin ID 104635

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: 2017/11/16

Updated: 2019/11/12

Dependencies: 55417

Risk Information

Risk Factor: Critical

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-7827

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3.0

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr

Required KB Items: MacOSX/Firefox/Version

Exploit Available: false

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2017/11/14

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2017/11/14

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