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Mozilla Firefox < 81.0

high Nessus Plugin ID 140731

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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 Firefox installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 81.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2020-42 advisory. Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 81.0 or later.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-42/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 140731

File Name: macos_firefox_81_0.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 9/22/2020

Updated: 10/30/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15678

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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: 9/22/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/22/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-15673, CVE-2020-15674, CVE-2020-15675, CVE-2020-15676, CVE-2020-15677, CVE-2020-15678

IAVA: 2020-A-0435-S

MFSA: 2020-42