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Mozilla Firefox < 58.0.1 Arbitrary Code Execution (macOS)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 106560

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Synopsis

A web browser installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by an arbitrary code execution vulnerability.

Description

The version of Mozilla Firefox installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 58.0.1. It is, therefore, affected by an arbitrary code execution vulnerability.

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 58.0.1 or later.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-05/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 106560

File Name: macosx_firefox_58_0_1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 2/1/2018

Updated: 11/8/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-5124

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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: 1/29/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/29/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-5124

BID: 102843

MFSA: 2018-05