Mozilla Firefox < 62 Multiple Critical Vulnerabilities (macOS)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 117291

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of Mozilla Firefox installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 62. It is, therefore, affected by multiple critical and high severity vulnerabilities.

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 62.0.0 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?8517426b

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 117291

File Name: macos_firefox_62_0_0.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 9/6/2018

Updated: 4/5/2019

Dependencies: macosx_firefox_installed.nasl

Risk Information

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-12377

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox, cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x

Required KB Items: MacOSX/Firefox/Installed

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/5/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/5/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-16541, CVE-2018-12375, CVE-2018-12376, CVE-2018-12377, CVE-2018-12378, CVE-2018-12379, CVE-2018-12381, CVE-2018-12382, CVE-2018-12383

BID: 101665

MFSA: 2018-20