Upstream information

CVE-2016-9075 at MITRE

Description

An issue where WebExtensions can use the mozAddonManager API to elevate privilege due to privileged pages being allowed in the permissions list. This allows a malicious extension to then install additional extensions without explicit user permission. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 7.5 4.6
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network Network
Access Complexity Low High
Authentication None Single
Confidentiality Impact Partial Partial
Integrity Impact Partial Partial
Availability Impact Partial Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 9.8
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3
SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1009026 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 1010408 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
HPE Helion OpenStack 8
  • MozillaFirefox >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
Patchnames:
HPE-Helion-OpenStack-8-2019-2872
SUSE Enterprise Storage 4
  • MozillaFirefox >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-devel >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
Patchnames:
SUSE-Storage-4-2019-2872
SUSE Enterprise Storage 5
  • MozillaFirefox >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
Patchnames:
SUSE-Storage-5-2019-2872
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
SUSE Manager Server 4.0
  • MozillaFirefox >= 60.6.2-3.32.1
  • MozillaFirefox-devel >= 60.6.2-3.32.1
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 60.6.2-3.32.1
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-other >= 60.6.2-3.32.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1 GA MozillaFirefox-60.6.2-3.32.1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2
SUSE Manager Server 4.2
  • MozillaFirefox >= 78.10.0-8.38.1
  • MozillaFirefox-devel >= 78.10.0-8.38.1
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 78.10.0-8.38.1
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-other >= 78.10.0-8.38.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP3 GA MozillaFirefox-78.10.0-8.38.1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1
SUSE Manager Server 4.1
  • MozillaFirefox >= 68.8.0-3.87.1
  • MozillaFirefox-devel >= 68.8.0-3.87.1
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 68.8.0-3.87.1
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-other >= 68.8.0-3.87.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP2 GA MozillaFirefox-68.8.0-3.87.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4
  • MozillaFirefox >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-devel >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2019-2872
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2019-2872
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3
SUSE Manager Server 4.3
  • MozillaFirefox >= 91.8.0-150200.152.26.1
  • MozillaFirefox-devel >= 91.8.0-150200.152.26.1
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 91.8.0-150200.152.26.1
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-other >= 91.8.0-150200.152.26.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP4 GA MozillaFirefox-91.8.0-150200.152.26.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5
  • MozillaFirefox >= 102.11.0-150200.152.87.1
  • MozillaFirefox-devel >= 102.11.0-150200.152.87.1
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 102.11.0-150200.152.87.1
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-other >= 102.11.0-150200.152.87.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP5 GA MozillaFirefox-102.11.0-150200.152.87.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
  • MozillaFirefox >= 52.7.3-1.35
  • MozillaFirefox-devel >= 52.7.3-1.35
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 52.7.3-1.35
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-other >= 52.7.3-1.35
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 GA MozillaFirefox-52.7.3-1.35
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT
  • MozillaFirefox >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-devel >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-POS-12-SP2-CLIENT-2019-2872
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS
  • MozillaFirefox >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-devel >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2019-2872
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL
  • MozillaFirefox >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-devel >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-BCL-2019-2872
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS
  • MozillaFirefox >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-devel >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-ESPOS-2019-2872
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS
  • MozillaFirefox >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-devel >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2019-2872
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL
  • MozillaFirefox >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-BCL-2019-2872
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS
  • MozillaFirefox >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-ESPOS-2019-2872
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS
  • MozillaFirefox >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2019-2872
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
  • MozillaFirefox >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-devel >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2019-2872
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-2872
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
  • MozillaFirefox >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-devel >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2019-2872
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2019-2872
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  • MozillaFirefox >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-devel >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2019-2872
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • MozillaFirefox >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-devel >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP2-2019-2872
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • MozillaFirefox >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP3-2019-2872
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4
  • MozillaFirefox-devel >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2019-2872
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5
  • MozillaFirefox-devel >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2019-2872
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7
  • MozillaFirefox >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-devel >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
Patchnames:
SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2019-2872
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8
  • MozillaFirefox >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
Patchnames:
SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-8-2019-2872
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8
  • MozillaFirefox >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 68.2.0-109.95.2
Patchnames:
SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-8-2019-2872
openSUSE Leap 15.0
  • MozillaFirefox >= 60.0-lp150.2.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 60.0-lp150.2.2
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-other >= 60.0-lp150.2.2
Patchnames:
openSUSE Leap 15.0 GA MozillaFirefox-60.0-lp150.2.2
openSUSE Leap 15.2
  • MozillaFirefox >= 68.9.0-lp152.1.3
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 68.9.0-lp152.1.3
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-other >= 68.9.0-lp152.1.3
Patchnames:
openSUSE Leap 15.2 GA MozillaFirefox-68.9.0-lp152.1.1
openSUSE Leap 15.3
  • MozillaFirefox >= 78.10.0-8.38.1
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 78.10.0-8.38.1
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-other >= 78.10.0-8.38.1
Patchnames:
openSUSE Leap 15.3 GA MozillaFirefox-78.10.0-8.38.1
openSUSE Leap 15.4
  • MozillaFirefox >= 91.8.0-150200.152.26.1
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 91.8.0-150200.152.26.1
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-other >= 91.8.0-150200.152.26.1
Patchnames:
openSUSE Leap 15.4 GA MozillaFirefox-91.8.0-150200.152.26.1
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • MozillaFirefox >= 50.1.0-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream >= 50.1.0-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox-buildsymbols >= 50.1.0-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox-devel >= 50.1.0-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-common >= 50.1.0-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox-translations-other >= 50.1.0-1.1
Patchnames:
openSUSE Tumbleweed GA MozillaFirefox-50.1.0-1.1


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 MozillaFirefox Released
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS MozillaFirefox Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-ESPOS MozillaFirefox Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Business Critical Linux 15 SP1 MozillaFirefox Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 MozillaFirefox Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 MozillaFirefox Not affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 4 MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1 MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS MozillaFirefox Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 MozillaFirefox Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 MozillaFirefox Unsupported
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 MozillaFirefox Unsupported
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 MozillaFirefox Unsupported
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 MozillaFirefox Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 MozillaFirefox Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 MozillaFirefox Affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Nov 16 10:46:36 2016
CVE page last modified: Thu Feb 1 01:04:22 2024