Mozilla Firefox 3.6 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 3.6. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2009-5017. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Mozilla Firefox 3.6 (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 before 3.6 Beta 3 does not properly handle overlong UTF-8 encoding, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanisms via a crafted string, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-1210.

The weakness was released 11/12/2010 by Masahiro Yamada as Bug 511859 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-5017 since 11/12/2010. 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.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 48265 (CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2010:0500)), 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 155878 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for Firefox Security, Bug Fix, and Enhancement Update (ELSA-2010-0500)).

Upgrading to version 3.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (48265), SecurityFocus (BID 44919†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-28280†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploitinginfo

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: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 48265
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2010:0500)
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OpenVAS ID: 801637
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox Security Bypass Vulnerability (Windows)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 3.6

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08/21/2009 🔍
11/12/2010 +448 days 🔍
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11/12/2010 +0 days 🔍
11/18/2010 +6 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +1582 days 🔍
09/29/2021 +2386 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 511859
Researcher: Masahiro Yamada
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-5017 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-5017
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-55431

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SecurityFocus: 44919 - Mozilla Firefox 'js/src/jsstr.cpp' UTF-8 Input Validation Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 28280 - Mozilla FirefoxPrior to 3.6 Beta 3 XSS Vulnerability via a Crafted String, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/29/2021 02:45
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (61), 03/09/2017 22:08 (12), 09/29/2021 02:45 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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