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. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-2769. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in 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 allows user-assisted remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a selection that is added to a document in which the designMode property is enabled.

The weakness was released 09/09/2010 by Paul Stone as Bug 520189 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-2769 since 07/14/2010. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 49181 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. 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 43106†), Secunia (SA42867†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-27103†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-4173, VDB-54722, VDB-54661 and VDB-54660. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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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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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 49181
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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

Timelineinfo

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 520189
Researcher: Paul Stone
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-2769 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-2769
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-54656

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SecurityFocus: 43106 - Mozilla Firefox/SeaMonkey/Thunderbird 'designMode' Cross Domain Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 42867 - Oracle Solaris Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
Vulnerability Center: 27103 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey DesignMode Property Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2010-2323

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/24/2021 15:43
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (62), 03/04/2017 17:57 (14), 09/24/2021 15:43 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:029:103

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