Detections
Analytics
Mozilla Firefox < 2.0.0.13 Multiple Vulnerabilities
high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 4447
Synopsis
The remote host has a web browser installed that is vulnerable to multiple attack vectors.Description
The installed version of Firefox is affected by various security issues :- A series of vulnerabilities that allow for JavaScript privilege escalation and arbitrary code execution.
- Several stability bugs leading to crashes that, in some cases, show traces of memory corruption.
- An HTTP Referer spoofing issue with malformed URLs.
- A privacy issue with SSL client authentication.
- Web content fetched via the 'jar:' protocol can use Java via LiveConnect to open socket connections to arbitrary ports on the localhost.
- It is possible to have a background tab create a borderless XUL pop-up in front of the active tab in the user's browser.
Solution
Upgrade to version 2.0.0.13 or higher.See Also
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-14.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-15.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-16.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-17.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-18.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-19.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 4447
Family: Web Clients
Published: 3/26/2008
Updated: 3/6/2019
Nessus ID: 31652
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.3
Temporal Score: 6.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-4879, CVE-2008-1195, CVE-2008-1233, CVE-2008-1234, CVE-2008-1235, CVE-2008-1236, CVE-2008-1237, CVE-2008-1238, CVE-2008-1240, CVE-2008-1241