CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2014-1510

Improper Privilege Management

Published: Mar 19, 2014 | Modified: Nov 25, 2025
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
6.8 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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The Web IDL implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 28.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.4, Thunderbird before 24.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.25 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges by using an IDL fragment to trigger a window.open call.

Weakness

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
FirefoxMozilla*28.0 (excluding)
FirefoxMozilla24.0 (including)24.4 (excluding)
SeamonkeyMozilla*2.25 (excluding)
ThunderbirdMozilla*24.4 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatfirefox-0:24.4.0-1.el5_10*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatthunderbird-0:24.4.0-1.el5_10*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatfirefox-0:24.4.0-1.el6_5*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatthunderbird-0:24.4.0-1.el6_5*
FirefoxUbuntudevel*
FirefoxUbuntulucid*
FirefoxUbuntuprecise*
FirefoxUbuntuquantal*
FirefoxUbuntusaucy*
FirefoxUbuntuupstream*
ThunderbirdUbuntudevel*
ThunderbirdUbuntulucid*
ThunderbirdUbuntuprecise*
ThunderbirdUbuntuquantal*
ThunderbirdUbuntusaucy*
ThunderbirdUbuntuupstream*

Potential Mitigations

References