Mozilla: Cookie injection through Proxy Authenticate responses (MFSA 2015-04)
Published Jan 14, 2015
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.90%
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 35.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.4, Thunderbird before 31.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.32 do not properly interpret Set-Cookie headers within responses that have a 407 (aka Proxy Authentication Required) status code, which allows remote HTTP proxy servers to conduct session fixation attacks by providing a cookie name that corresponds to the session cookie of the origin server.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 3
Configuration 4
- ≤ 31.3.0
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:31.4.0-1.el5_11
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0046
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird-0:31.4.0-1.el5_11
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0047
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox-0:31.4.0-1.el6_6
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0046
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird-0:31.4.0-1.el6_6
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0047
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
firefox-0:31.4.0-1.el7_0
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0046
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
xulrunner-0:31.4.0-1.el7_0
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0046
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:31.4.0-1.el5_11 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0046 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird-0:31.4.0-1.el5_11 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0047 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox-0:31.4.0-1.el6_6 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0046 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird-0:31.4.0-1.el6_6 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0047 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | firefox-0:31.4.0-1.el7_0 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0046 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | xulrunner-0:31.4.0-1.el7_0 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0046 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.90% (0.01902) | 78.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.90% (0.01902) | 76.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.48% (0.01476) | 79.18th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.58% (0.04584) | 81.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.48% (0.01476) | 79.64th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.78% (0.01779) | 88.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 10, 2024 | 1.87% (0.01867) | 88.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.87% (0.01867) | 86.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 81.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 62.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
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Change history (0)
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