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CVE-2013-5598

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-5598 is a critical vulnerability affecting PDF.js in Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 25.0 and Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.1. This flaw allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or execute arbitrary JavaScript code with elevated chrome privileges. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.3, indicating a high severity due to its network-based attack vector, medium complexity, and significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
24.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:24.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
24.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:24.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
24.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:24.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 24.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
19.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:19.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

8.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
8.5
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.94%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0294 is in the 44th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-5598Critical

Mozilla: Security bypass of PDF.js checks using iframes (MFSA 2013-99)

Oct 29, 2013

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00005.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00006.html
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19133
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201504-01
mozilla.org / security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-99.html
Vendor Advisory