Public exploit available
Public proof-of-concept or exploit code exists (ExploitDB / Metasploit / Nuclei).

CVE-2014-8636

CWE-94Code InjectionCWE-25011 documents10 sources
Severity
7.5HIGH
EPSS
83.6%
top 0.71%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
PoC available
Public exploit / PoC exists
Timeline
PublishedJan 14
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The XrayWrapper implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 35.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.32 does not properly interact with a DOM object that has a named getter, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via unspecified vectors.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages3 packages

NVDmozilla/firefox34.0.5
Ubuntufirefox< 35.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.2

🔴Vulnerability Details

5
GHSA
GHSA-7xcg-82gw-cm6p: The XrayWrapper implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 352022-05-17
OSV
CVE-2014-8636: The XrayWrapper implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 352015-01-14
CVEList
CVE-2014-8636: The XrayWrapper implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 352015-01-14
OSV
firefox vulnerabilities2015-01-14
VulnCheck
Mozilla Firefox Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')2014

💥Exploits & PoCs

1
Exploit-DB
Mozilla Firefox - Proxy Prototype Privileged JavaScript Injection (Metasploit)2015-03-24

🔍Detection Rules

1
Suricata
ET WEB_CLIENT Firefox Proxy Prototype RCE Attempt (CVE-2014-8636)2015-03-26

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities2015-01-14
Red Hat
Mozilla: XrayWrapper bypass through DOM objects (MFSA 2015-09)2014-01-15

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2014-8636 Mozilla: XrayWrapper bypass through DOM objects (MFSA 2015-09)2015-01-12