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Mozilla Firefox < 3.0.19 Multiple Vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 5493
Synopsis
The remote host has a web browser installed that is vulnerable to multiple attack vectors.Description
The remote host is running a version of Mozilla Firefox earlier than 3.0.19. Such versions are potentially affected by multiple 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 a 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)
- The XMLHttpRequestSpy module in the Firebug add-on exposes an underlying chrome privilege escalation vulnerability. (MFSA 2010-21)
Solution
Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox 3.0.19 or later.See Also
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-16.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-17.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-18.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-19.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-20.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-21.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox36.html#firefox3.0.19
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 5493
Family: Web Clients
Published: 3/31/2010
Updated: 3/6/2019
Nessus ID: 45392
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.6
Temporal Score: 5.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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
Patch Publication Date: 3/30/2010
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/30/2010
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2010-0173, CVE-2010-0174, CVE-2010-0175, CVE-2010-0176, CVE-2010-0177, CVE-2010-0178, CVE-2010-0179