CVE-2016-9075

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CVSS 3.0

9.8 critical

EPSS

2%p81

Published

Jun 11, 2018 (Jun 11, 2018)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Vendors: mozilla
Products: firefox
Weakness: CWE-264
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (2.1%)

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