Mozilla Firefox < 59 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 108375

Synopsis

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

Description

The version of Mozilla Firefox installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 59. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities, some of which allow code execution and potentially exploitable crashes.

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 59 or later.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-06/

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 108375

File Name: macosx_firefox_59_0.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 3/15/2018

Updated: 11/8/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-5128

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: 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: 3/13/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/13/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-5125, CVE-2018-5126, CVE-2018-5127, CVE-2018-5128, CVE-2018-5129, CVE-2018-5130, CVE-2018-5131, CVE-2018-5132, CVE-2018-5133, CVE-2018-5134, CVE-2018-5135, CVE-2018-5136, CVE-2018-5137, CVE-2018-5138, CVE-2018-5140, CVE-2018-5141, CVE-2018-5142, CVE-2018-5143

MFSA: 2018-06