{"uuid": "6048b0b9-2570-47ff-966c-814b10e4fe5e", "vulnerability_lookup_origin": "1a89b78e-f703-45f3-bb86-59eb712668bd", "author": "9f56dd64-161d-43a6-b9c3-555944290a09", "vulnerability": "CVE-2015-0816", "type": "seen", "source": "https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/browser/firefox_pdfjs_privilege_escalation.rb", "content": "{\"aliases\": [], \"arch\": \"firefox, x86, x86_64, x64, mips, mipsle, mipsbe, mips64, mips64le, ppc, ppce500v2, ppc64, ppc64le, cbea, cbea64, sparc, sparc64, armle, armbe, aarch64, cmd, php, tty, java, ruby, dalvik, python, nodejs, zarch, r, riscv32be, riscv32le, riscv64be, riscv64le, loongarch64\", \"author\": [\"Unknown\", \"Marius Mlynski\", \"joev \"], \"autofilter_ports\": [], \"autofilter_services\": [], \"check\": false, \"default_credential\": false, \"description\": \"This module gains remote code execution on Firefox 35-36 by abusing a\\n          privilege escalation bug in resource:// URIs. PDF.js is used to exploit\\n          the bug. This exploit requires the user to click anywhere on the page to\\n          trigger the vulnerability.\", \"disclosure_date\": \"2015-03-31\", \"fullname\": \"exploit/multi/browser/firefox_pdfjs_privilege_escalation\", \"is_install_path\": true, \"mod_time\": \"2025-06-23 12:43:46 +0000\", \"name\": \"Firefox PDF.js Privileged Javascript Injection\", \"needs_cleanup\": null, \"notes\": {\"Reliability\": [\"unknown-reliability\"], \"SideEffects\": [\"unknown-side-effects\"], \"Stability\": [\"unknown-stability\"]}, \"path\": \"/modules/exploits/multi/browser/firefox_pdfjs_privilege_escalation.rb\", \"platform\": \"Firefox,Java,Linux,OSX,Solaris,Windows\", \"post_auth\": false, \"rank\": 0, \"ref_name\": \"multi/browser/firefox_pdfjs_privilege_escalation\", \"references\": [\"CVE-2015-0816\", \"CVE-2015-0802\"], \"rport\": null, \"session_types\": false, \"targets\": [\"Universal (Javascript XPCOM Shell)\", \"Native Payload\"], \"type\": \"exploit\"}", "creation_timestamp": "2026-09-08T06:49:35.571521Z"}