Origin validation error - CVE-2016-9902
Published: June 11, 2018 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33596
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9902
CWE-ID: CWE-346
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
The Pocket toolbar button, once activated, listens for events fired from it's own pages but does not verify the origin of incoming events. This allows content from other origins to fire events and inject content and commands into the Pocket context. Note: this issue does not affect users with e10s enabled. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 45.6 and Firefox < 50.1.
Affected software
SUSE Linux
firefox-esr (Alpine package)
firefox-esr (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2016-9902
Install update from vendor's website.
firefox-esr (Alpine package) - update to 45.6.0-r0
External References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2946.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2973.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94885
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037461
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1320039
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/