Bug 1395101 (CVE-2016-9075) - CVE-2016-9075 Mozilla: WebExtensions can access the mozAddonManager API and use it to gain elevated privileges (MFSA 2016-89)
Summary: CVE-2016-9075 Mozilla: WebExtensions can access the mozAddonManager API and u...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2016-9075
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks: 1392803
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Reported: 2016-11-15 07:01 UTC by Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala
Modified: 2021-02-25 19:08 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2016-11-18 14:53:09 UTC
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Description Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2016-11-15 07:01:44 UTC 
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.

External Reference:

https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-89.html


Acknowledgements:

Name: the Mozilla project
Upstream: Kris Maglione

Statement:

This issue does not affect the version of firefox and thunderbird as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7.
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