Mozilla Firefox Input Type HTML Tag Unauthorized Access (deprecated)

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 2116

Synopsis

The remote host may be tricked into running an executable file.

Description

The remote host is using a vulnerable version of Mozilla, an open-source web browser. It is reported that Mozilla versions prior 1.7.1 present an issue in the INPUT tag. An attacker may craft a malicious web page that may secretly upload files readable by the victim on a remote computer.

Solution

Upgrade or patch according to vendor recommendations.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 2116

Family: Web Clients

Published: 8/18/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0597, CVE-2004-0599, CVE-2004-0718, CVE-2004-0722, CVE-2004-0757, CVE-2004-0758, CVE-2004-0759, CVE-2004-0760, CVE-2004-0761, CVE-2004-0762, CVE-2004-0763, CVE-2004-0764, CVE-2004-0765, CVE-2005-0399, CVE-2005-0989, CVE-2005-1153, CVE-2005-1154, CVE-2005-1155, CVE-2005-1156, CVE-2005-1157, CVE-2005-1159, CVE-2005-1160, CVE-2005-1476, CVE-2005-1477, CVE-2005-1531, CVE-2005-1532, CVE-2005-2701, CVE-2005-2702, CVE-2005-2703, CVE-2005-2704, CVE-2005-2705, CVE-2005-2706, CVE-2005-2707, CVE-2005-2968

BID: 15495, 10874

Detections

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