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Mozilla Firefox < 1.7.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 2671

Synopsis

The remote host is missing a critical security patch or upgrade.

Description

stripped_description=Versions of Mozilla Firefox prior to 1.7.6 are affected by the following vulnerabilities :

 - There is a flaw in the way that the browser handles scripting within 'tabbed' cross-domains. An attacker exploiting this flaw would need to be able to convince a user to click on a malicious URL which would then open a separate 'TAB' within the browser. The attacker could then retrieve data relevant to other tabbed connections or execute code locally.
 - There is a flaw in the default 'about: config' script that would allow an attacker to modify configuration data. In order to execute such an attack, the attacker would need to be able to entice the user into visiting or clicking on a malicious URL. A successful attacker would be able to modify the local configuration file, resulting in enhanced access rights or other potential exploits. In addition, there are other unconfirmed flaws in Mozilla version 1.7.5 and lower.

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox 1.7.6 or later.

See Also

http://www.mozilla.org/security

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 2671

Family: Web Clients

Published: 3/4/2005

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 17604

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-2005-0231, CVE-2005-0232, CVE-2005-0255, CVE-2005-0399, CVE-2005-0401, CVE-2005-0402, CVE-2005-0578, CVE-2005-0584, CVE-2005-0585, CVE-2005-0586, CVE-2005-0587, CVE-2005-0588, CVE-2005-0589, CVE-2005-0590, CVE-2005-0592, CVE-2005-0593, CVE-2005-0752, 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, CVE-2005-4809

BID: 15495, 12885, 12798, 12881, 12884, 13228, 12465, 12466, 12470, 12659, 12728