Mozilla Firefox prior 1.0.9 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Mozilla Firefox. The impacted element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2010-2768. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.12 and 3.6.x before 3.6.9, Thunderbird before 3.0.7 and 3.1.x before 3.1.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.7 do not properly restrict use of the type attribute of an OBJECT element to set a document s charset, which allows remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanisms via UTF-7 encoding.

The weakness was published 09/09/2010 by Collin Jackson as Bug 579744 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-2768 since 07/14/2010. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 49181 (CentOS 3 / 4 : seamonkey (CESA-2010:0680)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 118595 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2010:0681)).

Upgrading to version 1.0.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (49181), SecurityFocus (BID 43101†), Secunia (SA42867†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-27102†). Similar entries are available at VDB-4173, VDB-54722, VDB-54661 and VDB-54660. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.9

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.9
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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 49181
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 / 4 : seamonkey (CESA-2010:0680)
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OpenVAS ID: 68088
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2106-1 (xulrunner)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.9

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07/14/2010 🔍
09/08/2010 +56 days 🔍
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09/13/2010 +4 days 🔍
01/10/2011 +119 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +1529 days 🔍
09/24/2021 +2381 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 579744
Researcher: Collin Jackson
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-2768 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-2768
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-54655

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SecurityFocus: 43101 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey UTF-7 Charset Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 42867 - Oracle Solaris Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
Vulnerability Center: 27102 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Type Attribute Cross Site Scripting via UTF-7 Encoding, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2010-2323

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 02:37 PM
Updated: 09/24/2021 03:38 PM
Changes: 03/19/2015 02:37 PM (64), 03/04/2017 03:19 PM (14), 09/24/2021 03:38 PM (3)
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