A flaw was found in the way Firefox handled installation of add-ons. An attacker could use this flaw to bypass the add-on installation prompt, and trick the user into installing an add-on from a malicious source.
Find out more about CVE-2015-4498 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 5.1 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (firefox) | RHSA-2015:1693 | 2015-08-27 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (firefox) | RHSA-2015:1693 | 2015-08-27 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (firefox) | RHSA-2015:1693 | 2015-08-27 |
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