Firefox < 3.0.16 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 43173

Synopsis

The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The installed version of Firefox is earlier than 3.0.16. Such versions are potentially affected by the following security issues :

- Multiple crashes can result in arbitrary code execution.
(MFSA 2009-65)

- The NTLM implementation is vulnerable to reflection attacks in which NTLM credentials from one application can be forwarded to another application. (MFSA 2009-68)

- Multiple location bar spoofing vulnerabilities exist. (MFSA 2009-69)

- A content window which is opened by a chrome window retains a reference to the chrome window via the 'window.opener' property, which can lead to privilege escalation. (MFSA 2009-70)

- The exception messages generated by the 'GeckoActiveXObject' differ based on whether or not the requested COM object's ProgID is present in the system registry. (MFSA 2009-71)

Solution

Upgrade to Firefox 3.0.16 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 43173

File Name: mozilla_firefox_3016.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 12/16/2009

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: 5.9

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: 12/15/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/15/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3979, CVE-2009-3981, CVE-2009-3982, CVE-2009-3983, CVE-2009-3984, CVE-2009-3985, CVE-2009-3986, CVE-2009-3987

BID: 37360, 37361, 37362, 37363, 37364, 37365, 37366, 37367, 37370

CWE: 200, 94

Secunia: 37699

Detections

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