Detections
Analytics
Mozilla Thunderbird < 2.0.0.12 Multiple Vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 31193
Synopsis
The remote Windows host contains a mail client that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.Description
The installed version of Thunderbird is affected by various security issues :- Several stability bugs exist leading to crashes which, in some cases, show traces of memory corruption.
- Several issues exist that allow scripts from page content to escape from their sandboxed context and/or run with chrome privileges, resulting in privilege escalation, cross-site scripting, and/or remote code execution.
- A directory traversal vulnerability exist via the 'chrome:' URI.
- A heap-based buffer overflow exists that can be triggered when viewing an email with an external MIME body.
- Multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities exist related to character encoding.
Solution
Upgrade to Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 or later.See Also
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-01/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-03/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-05/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-12/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-13/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 31193
File Name: mozilla_thunderbird_20012.nasl
Version: 1.23
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows
Published: 2/27/2008
Updated: 7/16/2018
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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:mozilla:thunderbird
Required KB Items: Mozilla/Thunderbird/Version
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/7/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-0304, CVE-2008-0412, CVE-2008-0413, CVE-2008-0415, CVE-2008-0416, CVE-2008-0418