Detections
Analytics
Firefox < 3.5.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 45393
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Synopsis
The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.Description
The installed version of Firefox is earlier than 3.5.9. Such versions are potentially affected by the following security issues :- Multiple crashes can result in arbitrary code execution.
(MFSA 2010-16)
- A select event handler for XUL tree items can be called after the item is deleted. (MFSA 2010-17)
- An error exists in the way '<option>' elements are inserted into an XUL tree '<optgroup>' (MFSA 2010-18)
- An error exists in the implementation of the 'windows.navigator.plugins' object. (MFSA 2010-19)
- A browser applet can be used to turn a simple mouse click into a drag-and-drop action, potentially resulting in the unintended loading of resources in a user's browser. (MFSA 2010-20)
- Session renegotiations are not handled properly, which can be exploited to insert arbitrary plaintext by a man-in-the-middle. (MFSA 2010-22)
- When an image points to a resource that redirects to a 'mailto:' URL, the external mail handler application is launched. (MFSA 2010-23)
- XML documents fail to call certain security checks when loading new content. (MFSA 2010-24)
Solution
Upgrade to Firefox 3.5.9 or later.See Also
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2010-16/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2010-17/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2010-18/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2010-19/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2010-20/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2010-22/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2010-23/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2010-24/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 45393
File Name: mozilla_firefox_359.nasl
Version: 1.16
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows
Published: 3/31/2010
Updated: 7/16/2018
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.4
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:firefox
Required KB Items: Mozilla/Firefox/Version
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/30/2010
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/30/2010
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-3555, CVE-2010-0173, CVE-2010-0174, CVE-2010-0175, CVE-2010-0176, CVE-2010-0177, CVE-2010-0178, CVE-2010-0181, CVE-2010-0182