CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2014-1511

Improper Privilege Management

Published: Mar 19, 2014 | Modified: Aug 05, 2020
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
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Mozilla Firefox before 28.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.4, Thunderbird before 24.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.25 allow remote attackers to bypass the popup blocker via unspecified vectors.

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

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Firefox Mozilla * 28.0 (excluding)
Firefox_esr Mozilla 24.0 (including) 24.4 (excluding)
Seamonkey Mozilla * 2.25 (excluding)
Thunderbird Mozilla * 24.4 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References