Mozilla Firefox up to 4.0 Random Number Generator Math.random cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 4.0. This affects the function Math.random of the component Random Number Generator. Such manipulation leads to cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-3171. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 4.0 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is the function Math.random of the component Random Number Generator. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-310. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

The Math.random function in the JavaScript implementation in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.10 through 3.5.11, 3.6.4 through 3.6.8, and 4.0 Beta1 uses a random number generator that is seeded only once per document object, which makes it easier for remote attackers to track a user, or trick a user into acting upon a spoofed pop-up message, by calculating the seed value, related to a "temporary footprint" and an "in-session phishing attack." NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2008-5913.

The weakness was disclosed 09/15/2010 by Amit Klein as Bug 577512 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-3171 since 08/27/2010. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1600 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 47788 (CentOS 3 / 4 : seamonkey (CESA-2010:0499)), 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 119058 (Solaris Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (61792), Exploit-DB (34621), Tenable (47788), SecurityFocus (BID 43222†) and Secunia (SA42867†). The entries VDB-53788, VDB-53787, VDB-53786 and VDB-53785 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Cryptographic issue
CWE: CWE-310
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Access: Public
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Nessus ID: 47788
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 / 4 : seamonkey (CESA-2010:0499)
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OpenVAS ID: 902305
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox Information Disclosure Vulnerability (Windows)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 577512
Researcher: Amit Klein
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-3171 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-3171
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-54722

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X-Force: 61792
SecurityFocus: 43222 - Mozilla Firefox 'Math.random()' Cross Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 42867 - Oracle Solaris Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
Vulnerability Center: 27927 - Mozilla Firefox Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability via the Math.random Function, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2011-0061

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 12/27/2025 12:14
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (67), 03/08/2017 21:22 (17), 09/25/2021 01:02 (3), 12/27/2025 12:14 (19)
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