CVE-2010-0172

high

Description

toolkit/components/passwordmgr/src/nsLoginManagerPrompter.js in the asynchronous Authorization Prompt implementation in Mozilla Firefox 3.6 before 3.6.2 does not properly handle concurrent authorization requests from multiple web sites, which might allow remote web servers to spoof an authorization dialog and capture credentials by demanding HTTP authentication in opportunistic circumstances.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8281

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=537862

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0692

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38918

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-15.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:070

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2010-03-25

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.1

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

Severity: High