CVE-2015-5961

Firefox OS < 2.1.0 - Man-in-the-Middle Attack via COPPA Error Page

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The COPPA error page in the Accounts setup dialog in Mozilla Firefox OS before 2.2 embeds content from an external web server URL into the System process, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by spoofing that server.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1123433
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76255

Scores

EPSS 0.0009
EPSS Percentile 24.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (1)
mozilla/firefox_os < 2.1.0
Published Aug 08, 2015
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026