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    CVE-2014-1487

    The Web workers implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 27.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.3, Thunderbird before 24.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.24 allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain sensitive authentication information via vectors involving error messages.

    Published:Feb 4, 2014
    Last Modified:Nov 25, 2025
    EPS:Feb 6, 2014
    EPSS Score:0.00501
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Firefox
    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Seamonkey
    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Thunderbird
    Vendor
    Opensuse
    Product
    Opensuse
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Desktop
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Eus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Server
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Server Aus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Server Eus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Server Tus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Workstation
    Vendor
    Suse
    Product
    Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop
    Vendor
    Suse
    Product
    Suse Linux Enterprise Server
    Vendor
    Suse
    Product
    Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit

    Exploits

    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=947592https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=947592

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-111 JSON Hijacking (aka JavaScript Hijacking)
    CAPEC-141 Cache Poisoning
    CAPEC-142 DNS Cache Poisoning
    CAPEC-160 Exploit Script-Based APIs
    CAPEC-21 Exploitation of Trusted Identifiers
    CAPEC-215 Fuzzing for application mapping
    CAPEC-384 Application API Message Manipulation via Man-in-the-Middle
    CAPEC-385 Transaction or Event Tampering via Application API Manipulation
    CAPEC-386 Application API Navigation Remapping
    CAPEC-387 Navigation Remapping To Propagate Malicious Content
    CAPEC-388 Application API Button Hijacking
    CAPEC-463 Padding Oracle Crypto Attack
    CAPEC-510 SaaS User Request Forgery
    CAPEC-54 Query System for Information
    CAPEC-59 Session Credential Falsification through Prediction
    CAPEC-60 Reusing Session IDs (aka Session Replay)
    CAPEC-7 Blind SQL Injection
    CAPEC-75 Manipulating Writeable Configuration Files
    CAPEC-76 Manipulating Web Input to File System Calls
    CAPEC-89 Pharming

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    References

    http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=VYQsgaFpQ2k
    http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=Y2fux-JW1Qc
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127966.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/129218.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00004.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00005.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00010.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00017.html
    http://osvdb.org/102873
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0132.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0133.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/56706
    http://secunia.com/advisories/56761
    http://secunia.com/advisories/56763
    http://secunia.com/advisories/56767
    http://secunia.com/advisories/56787
    http://secunia.com/advisories/56858
    http://secunia.com/advisories/56888
    http://secunia.com/advisories/56922
    http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2858
    http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-09.html
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65330
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029717
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029720
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029721
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2102-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2102-2
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2119-1
    https://8pecxstudios.com/?page_id=44080
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=947592
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90889
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01
    http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=VYQsgaFpQ2k
    http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=Y2fux-JW1Qc
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127966.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/129218.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00004.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00005.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00010.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00017.html
    http://osvdb.org/102873
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0132.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0133.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/56706
    http://secunia.com/advisories/56761
    http://secunia.com/advisories/56763
    http://secunia.com/advisories/56767
    http://secunia.com/advisories/56787
    http://secunia.com/advisories/56858
    http://secunia.com/advisories/56888
    http://secunia.com/advisories/56922
    http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2858
    http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-09.html
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65330
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029717
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029720
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029721
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2102-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2102-2
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2119-1
    https://8pecxstudios.com/?page_id=44080
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=947592
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90889
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High