Mozilla Firefox prior 1.0.9 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Mozilla Firefox. This issue affects some unknown processing. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2010-3773. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.16 and 3.6.x before 3.6.13, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.11, when the XMLHttpRequestSpy module in the Firebug add-on is used, does not properly handle interaction between the XMLHttpRequestSpy object and chrome privileged objects, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript via a crafted HTTP response. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-0179.

The weakness was presented 12/10/2010 as Bug 554449 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2010-3773. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful 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 51777 (CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2010:0966)), 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 118874 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2010:0966)).

Upgrading to version 1.0.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (51777), SecurityFocus (BID 45354†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-28582†). See VDB-4223, VDB-55712, VDB-55711 and VDB-55710 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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

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Nessus ID: 51777
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2010:0966)
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OpenVAS ID: 68663
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2132-1 (xulrunner)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.9

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 554449
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-3773 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-3773
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-55708

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SecurityFocus: 45354 - Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey Firebug 'XMLHttpRequestSpy' Chrome Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 42716
Vulnerability Center: 28582 - Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey Remote Arbitrary JavaScript Execution Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 23:27
Updated: 10/06/2021 16:55
Changes: 03/19/2015 23:27 (62), 03/10/2017 10:40 (8), 10/06/2021 16:48 (5), 10/06/2021 16:55 (1)
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