Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Same Origin Policy cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 3.6 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Same Origin Policy. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2010-0170. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Mozilla Firefox 3.6 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Same Origin Policy. 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:

Mozilla Firefox 3.6 before 3.6.2 does not offer plugins the expected window.location protection mechanism, which might allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors that are specific to each affected plugin.

The weakness was shared 03/25/2010 by Blake Kaplan as Bug 541530 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-0170. 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.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 63402 (GLSA-201301-01 : Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities (BEAST)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117103 (Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities (MFSA 2010-09, MFSA 2010-10, MFSA 2010-11, MFSA 2010-12, MFSA 2010-13, MFSA 2010-14, MFSA 2010-15)).

Upgrading to version 3.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (63402), SecurityFocus (BID 38919†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-25141†). The entries VDB-5327, VDB-36797, VDB-36612 and VDB-37141 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Nessus ID: 63402
Nessus Name: GLSA-201301-01 : Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities (BEAST)
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OpenVAS ID: 830879
OpenVAS Name: Mandriva Update for blogtk MDVA-2010:070 (blogtk)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 3.6

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 541530
Researcher: Blake Kaplan
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-0170 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0170
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-52364

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SecurityFocus: 38919 - Mozilla Firefox 'window.location' Same Origin Policy Security Bypass Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 25141 - Mozilla Firefox Prior to 3.6.2 \x27window.location\x27 Remote Code Execution and Security Bypass, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 05/03/2026 09:15
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (62), 02/22/2017 10:42 (9), 09/05/2021 17:36 (4), 09/05/2021 17:44 (1), 02/02/2025 00:22 (18), 05/03/2026 09:15 (1)
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