Mozilla Firefox prior 1.0.9 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Mozilla Firefox. This issue affects some unknown processing. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-3181. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.14 and 3.6.x before 3.6.11, Thunderbird before 3.0.9 and 3.1.x before 3.1.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.9 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory.

The weakness was disclosed 10/21/2010 by Ehsan Akhgari as Bug 589190 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-3181. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 50074 (FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (c4f067b9-dc4a-11df-8e32-000f20797ede)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 118666 (CometBird Multiple Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 1.0.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (50074), SecurityFocus (BID 44250†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-27798†). The entries VDB-55204, VDB-55203, VDB-55201 and VDB-55200 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4

VulDB Base Score: 8.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 50074
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (c4f067b9-dc4a-11df-8e32-000f20797ede)
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OpenVAS ID: 68512
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.9

Timelineinfo

08/27/2010 🔍
10/19/2010 +53 days 🔍
10/19/2010 +0 days 🔍
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10/21/2010 +1 days 🔍
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03/19/2015 +1610 days 🔍
09/27/2021 +2384 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 589190
Researcher: Ehsan Akhgari
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-3181 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-3181
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-55202

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SecurityFocus: 44250 - Mozilla Firefox SeaMonkey and Thunderbird DLL Loading Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 27798 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey on Windows Remote Code Execution via a Crafted DLL, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/27/2021 23:38
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (62), 03/08/2017 15:20 (9), 09/27/2021 23:28 (4), 09/27/2021 23:38 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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