Mozilla Firefox up to 3.6 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox. It has been classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-0171. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). This affects an unknown code block. 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, 3.5.x before 3.5.8, and 3.6.x before 3.6.2; Thunderbird before 3.0.2; and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3 allow remote attackers to perform cross-origin keystroke capture, and possibly conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, by using the addEventListener and setTimeout functions in conjunction with a wrapped object. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-3736.

The weakness was published 03/25/2010 by Wladimir Palant (moz_bug_r_a4) with Mozilla Developers (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-0171. 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. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

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 1.5.0.11 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (44648), SecurityFocus (BID 38918†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-25147†). Similar entries are available at VDB-51915, VDB-51914, VDB-51913 and VDB-51912. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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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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Nessus ID: 44648
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2010:0112)
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OpenVAS ID: 902150
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Products Multiple Vulnerabilities Mar-10 (Linux)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.5.0.11

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03/23/2010 +76 days 🔍
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03/19/2015 +1820 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Wladimir Palant (moz_bug_r_a4)
Organization: Mozilla Developers
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-0171 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0171
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-52365

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SecurityFocus: 38918 - RETIRED: Mozilla Firefox Thunderbird and Seamonkey MFSA 2010-09 through -15 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 25147 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey Remote Multiple Cross Domain Scripting Vulnerabilities, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 09/05/2021 17:59
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (60), 02/22/2017 10:43 (12), 09/05/2021 17:52 (4), 09/05/2021 17:59 (1)
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