Mozilla SeaMonkey up to 2.0.2 Same Origin Policy cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla SeaMonkey and classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Same Origin Policy. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-0162. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Mozilla SeaMonkey (Web Browser). This affects an unknown part of the component Same Origin Policy. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.18 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3, does not properly support the application/octet-stream content type as a protection mechanism against execution of web script in certain circumstances involving SVG and the EMBED element, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via an embedded SVG document.

The weakness was published 02/22/2010 by Georgi Guninski as Bug 455472 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-0162 since 01/06/2010. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. 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 44648 (CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2010:0112)), 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 118843 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2010:0112)).

Upgrading to version 1.0.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (56363), Tenable (44648), SecurityFocus (BID 38288†), Secunia (SA37242†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-24875†). Similar entries are available at VDB-51914, VDB-51913, VDB-51912 and VDB-51911. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta 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: 44648
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2010:0112)
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OpenVAS ID: 66951
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1999-1 (xulrunner)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: SeaMonkey 1.0.9

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01/06/2010 🔍
02/17/2010 +42 days 🔍
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02/22/2010 +4 days 🔍
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03/18/2015 +1850 days 🔍
09/02/2021 +2360 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 455472
Researcher: Georgi Guninski
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-0162 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0162
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-51915

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X-Force: 56363
SecurityFocus: 38288 - Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey SVG Document Cross Domain Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 37242 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
Vulnerability Center: 24875 - Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey SVG Document Remote Cross Domain Scripting via \x27embed\x27 Tag, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2010-0405

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 09/02/2021 15:24
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (67), 02/21/2017 08:14 (14), 09/02/2021 15:24 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:899:103

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