CVE-2013-5598

HighCVSS 8.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

PDF.js in Mozilla Firefox before 25.0 and Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.1 does not properly handle the appending of an IFRAME element, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges by using this element within an embedded PDF object.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 8.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Oct 30, 2013
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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