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CVE-2016-1949

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2016-02-15	firefox -- Same-origin-policy violation using Service Workers with plugins

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CVE-2016-1949 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2016-1949
Phase	Assigned(20160120)

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 44.0.2 does not properly restrict the interaction between Service Workers and plugins, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via a crafted web site that triggers spoofed responses to requests that use NPAPI, as demonstrated by a request for a crossdomain.xml file.

References

Source	Reference
CONFIRM	http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-13.html
CONFIRM	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1245724