Firefox < 1.0.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 19719

Synopsis

A web browser on the remote host is prone to multiple flaws, including arbitrary code execution.

Description

The remote host is using Firefox, an alternative web browser.

The installed version of Firefox contains various security issues, several of which are critical as they can be easily exploited to execute arbitrary shell code on the remote host.

Solution

Upgrade to Firefox 1.0.7 or later.

See Also

https://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/407704

http://security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x17-advisory.txt

http://www.nessus.org/u?11c09cbe

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2005-58/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 19719

File Name: mozilla_firefox_106.nasl

Version: 1.31

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 9/17/2005

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox

Required KB Items: Mozilla/Firefox/Version

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/9/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/9/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2602, CVE-2005-2701, CVE-2005-2702, CVE-2005-2703, CVE-2005-2704, CVE-2005-2705, CVE-2005-2706, CVE-2005-2707, CVE-2005-2871, CVE-2005-3089

BID: 14784, 14916, 14917, 14918, 14919, 14920, 14921, 14923, 14924, 14526

CWE: 94