Detections
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Firefox < 2.0.0.17 Multiple Vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 34268
Synopsis
The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.Description
The installed version of Firefox is affected by various security issues :- Using a specially crafted UTF-8 URL in a hyperlink, an attacker might be able to exploit a stack buffer overflow in the Mozilla URL parsing routes to execute arbitrary code (MFSA 2008-37).
- It is possible to bypass the same-origin check in 'nsXMLDocument::OnChannelRedirect()' (MFSA 2008-38).
- There are a series of vulnerabilities in 'feedWriter' that allow scripts from page content to run with chrome privileges (MFSA 2008-39).
- An attacker can cause the content window to move while the mouse is being clicked, causing an item to be dragged rather than clicked-on (MFSA 2008-40).
- Privilege escalation is possible via 'XPCnativeWrapper' pollution (MFSA 2008-41).
- There are several stability bugs in the browser engine that may lead to crashes with evidence of memory corruption (MFSA 2008-42).
- Certain BOM characters and low surrogate characters, if HTML-escaped, are stripped from JavaScript code before it is executed, which could allow for cross- site scripting attacks (MFSA 2008-43).
- The 'resource:' protocol allows directory traversal on Linux when using URL-encoded slashes, and it can by used to bypass restrictions on local HTML files (MFSA 2008-44).
- A bug in the XBM decoder allows random small chunks of uninitialized memory to be read (MFSA 2008-45).
Solution
Upgrade to Firefox 2.0.0.17 or later.See Also
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-37/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-38/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-39/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-40/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-41/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-42/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-43/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-44/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-45/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 34268
File Name: mozilla_firefox_20017.nasl
Version: 1.19
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows
Published: 9/24/2008
Updated: 7/16/2018
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 7.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox
Required KB Items: Mozilla/Firefox/Version
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/23/2008
Exploitable With
CANVAS (CANVAS)
Core Impact
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-0016, CVE-2008-3835, CVE-2008-3836, CVE-2008-3837, CVE-2008-4058, CVE-2008-4059, CVE-2008-4060, CVE-2008-4061, CVE-2008-4062, CVE-2008-4063, CVE-2008-4064, CVE-2008-4065, CVE-2008-4066, CVE-2008-4067, CVE-2008-4068, CVE-2008-4069