CVE-2016-9072

HIGH

Firefox < 50.0 - Unauthenticated Sandbox Bypass for 64-bit NPAPI Plugins on Windows

Title source: llm

Description

When a new Firefox profile is created on 64-bit Windows installations, the sandbox for 64-bit NPAPI plugins is not enabled by default. Note: This issue only affects 64-bit Windows. 32-bit Windows and other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.

References (4)

Core 4

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94337

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298

Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1300083

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0037

EPSS Percentile 58.9%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE

CWE-254

Status published

Products (1)

mozilla/firefox < 50.0

Published Jun 11, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026