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Netscape Browser < 9.0.0.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 31135
Synopsis
The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.Description
The installed version of Netscape is affected by various security issues :- Several stability bugs leading to crashes which, in some cases, show traces of memory corruption.
- Several file input focus stealing vulnerabilities that could result in uploading of arbitrary files provided their full path and file names are known.
- Several issues that allow scripts from page content to escape from their sandboxed context and/or run with chrome privileges, resulting in privilege escalation, XSS, and/or remote code execution.
- An issue that could allow a malicious site to inject newlines into the application's password store when a user saves a password, resulting in corruption of saved passwords for other sites.
- A directory traversal vulnerability via the 'chrome:' URI.
- A vulnerability involving 'designMode' frames that may result in web browsing history and forward navigation stealing.
- An information disclosure issue in the BMP decoder.
- A file action dialog tampering vulnerability involving timer-enabled security dialogs.
- Mis-handling of locally-saved plaintext files.
- Possible disclosure of sensitive URL parameters, such as session tokens, via the .href property of stylesheet DOM nodes reflecting the final URI of the stylesheet after following any 302 redirects.
- A failure to display a web forgery warning dialog in cases where the entire contents of a page are enclosed in a '<div>' with absolute positioning.
Solution
The Netscape Browser / Navigator has been discontinued. While these issues were reportedly fixed in 9.0.0.6, it is strongly recommended that you switch to the latest version of another browser, such as Mozilla Firefox, which the Netscape Team recommends.See Also
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-01/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-02/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-03/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-04/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-05/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-06/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-07/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-08/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-09/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-10/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-11/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 31135
File Name: netscape_browser_9006.nasl
Version: 1.18
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows
Published: 2/22/2008
Updated: 7/16/2018
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 7.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:netscape:navigator
Required KB Items: SMB/Netscape/installed
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-0412, CVE-2008-0413, CVE-2008-0414, CVE-2008-0415, CVE-2008-0417, CVE-2008-0418, CVE-2008-0419, CVE-2008-0420, CVE-2008-0591, CVE-2008-0592, CVE-2008-0593, CVE-2008-0594