Mozilla Firefox up to 3.5.4 HREF information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.5.4. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument HREF leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2010-0648. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.5.4 (Web Browser). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation of the argument HREF with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox, possibly before 3.6, allows remote attackers to discover a redirect's target URL, for the session of a specific user of a web site, by placing the site's URL in the HREF attribute of a stylesheet LINK element, and then reading the document.styleSheets[0].href property value, related to an IFRAME element.

The weakness was published 02/18/2010 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at nomoreroot.blogspot.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-0648. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 47487 (Fedora 12 : qt-4.6.2-17.fc12 (2010-8360)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 118282 (Fedora Update for qt (FEDORA-2010-8423)).

Upgrading to version 3.5.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (56400), Tenable (47487) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-27356†). Similar entries are available at VDB-51883, VDB-52174, VDB-52173 and VDB-52172. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Web Browser

Vendor

Mozilla

Name

Firefox

Version

License

open-source

Website

Vendor: https://www.mozilla.org/
Product: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 47487
Nessus Name: Fedora 12 : qt-4.6.2-17.fc12 (2010-8360)
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OpenVAS ID: 862241
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for qt FEDORA-2010-11011
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 3.5.5

Timelineinfo

02/18/2010 🔍
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10/03/2010 +227 days 🔍
03/18/2015 +1627 days 🔍
04/30/2026 +4061 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: nomoreroot.blogspot.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2010-0648 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0648
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-51875

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X-Force: 56400
Vulnerability Center: 27356 - Mozilla Firefox Before 3.6 Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 04/30/2026 23:51
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (61), 03/06/2017 11:13 (6), 09/02/2021 12:19 (3), 09/02/2021 12:26 (1), 04/30/2026 23:51 (18)
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