Zero-day vulnerabilities discovered: 1
Security bypass
The vulnerabiity allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.In August 2016 Mozilla bug-tracking service was hacked. Hackers were able to steal information about not yet patched vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox and use one of them in a targeted attack against users of Russian news website.
The malicious exfiltration server, hosted in Ukraine, has been online since July 27, 2015.
The vulnerability was reported by researcher Cody Crews.
Software: Mozilla Firefox
Known/fameous malware:
JS/Exploit.CVE-2015-4495 (ESET).
Links:
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2980745/web-browsers/mozilla-admits-bug-tracker-breach-led-to-a...
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-78/
https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2015/08/06/firefox-exploit-found-in-the-wild/
http://www.welivesecurity.com/2015/08/11/firefox-under-fire-anatomy-of-latest-0-day-attack/
http://www.securityweek.com/mozilla-patches-firefox-zero-day-exploited-wild
https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/firefox-0day-cve-2015-4495/
https://access.redhat.com/articles/1563163
https://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/firefox-vulnerability-could-allow-attackers-steal-documents
http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/39198/cyber-crime/0-day-firefox.html
https://www.hedgehogsecurity.co.uk/firefox-users-should-update-immediately/
https://www.eset.com/int/about/newsroom/company/firefox-0-day-attack/