Detections
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Firefox 3.0.x < 3.0.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 35778
Synopsis
The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.Description
The installed version of Firefox 3.0.x is earlier than 3.0.7. Such versions are potentially affected by the following security issues :- By exploiting stability bugs in the browser engine, it might be possible for an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the remote system under certain conditions. (MFSA 2009-07)
- A vulnerability in Mozilla's garbage collection process could be exploited to run arbitrary code on the remote system. (MFSA 2009-08)
- It may be possible for a website to read arbitrary XML data from another domain by using nsIRDFService and a cross-domain redirect. (MFSA 2009-09)
- Vulnerabilities in the PNG libraries used by Mozilla could be exploited to execute arbitrary code on the remote system. (MFSA 2009-10)
- Certain invisible characters are decoded before being displayed on the location bar. An attacker may be able to exploit this flaw to spoof the location bar and display a link to a malicious URL. (MFSA 2009-11)
Solution
Upgrade to Firefox 3.0.7 or later.See Also
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2009-07/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2009-08/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2009-09/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2009-10/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2009-11/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 35778
File Name: mozilla_firefox_307.nasl
Version: 1.18
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows
Published: 3/5/2009
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: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 6.9
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 Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/4/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-0040, CVE-2009-0771, CVE-2009-0772, CVE-2009-0773, CVE-2009-0774, CVE-2009-0775, CVE-2009-0776, CVE-2009-0777
BID: 33990