CVE-2015-0802 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2015-0802?

CVE-2015-0802 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 1 Apr 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Mozilla Firefox before 37.0 relies on docshell type information instead of page principal information for Window.webidl access control, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via certain content navigation that leverages the reachability of a privileged window with an unintended persistence of access to restricted internal methods.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-0802?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Mozilla Firefox, Opensuse Opensuse.

How do I fix CVE-2015-0802?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2015-0802 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2015-0802 exists.

Public exploit code: 2 Metasploit modules and 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-gjrg-r3r9-354j, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0802.