CVE-2016-9075
3Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackepss 2.1%
exploitation probability
2.1%top 19% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
An issue where WebExtensions can use the mozAddonManager API to elevate privilege due to privileged pages being allowed in the permissions list. This allows a malicious extension to then install additional extensions without explicit user permission. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.
Affected products
Mozilla · Firefox