Mozilla Firefox prior 1.0.9 cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser) and classified as critical. 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-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.16 and 3.6.x before 3.6.13, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.11, does not properly handle injection of an ISINDEX element into an about:blank page, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via vectors related to redirection to a chrome: URI.

The weakness was released 12/10/2010 by moz_bug_r_a4 as Bug 609437 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-3771. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 51777 (CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2010:0966)), 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 118874 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2010:0966)).

Upgrading to version 1.0.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (51777). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 4223, 55712, 55711 and 55710.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 51777
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2010:0966)
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OpenVAS ID: 68663
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2132-1 (xulrunner)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.9

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10/05/2010 🔍
12/09/2010 +65 days 🔍
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03/19/2015 +1558 days 🔍
10/06/2021 +2393 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 609437
Researcher: moz_bug_r_a4
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-3771 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 28581 - Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey Remote Arbitrary JavaScript Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 45346 - Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey 'about:blank' Window Chrome Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 42716

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Created: 03/19/2015 23:27
Updated: 10/06/2021 16:25
Changes: 03/19/2015 23:27 (62), 03/10/2017 10:39 (9), 10/06/2021 16:17 (5), 10/06/2021 16:25 (1)
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