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Firefox < 2.0.0.12 Multiple Vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 30209
Synopsis
The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.Description
The installed version of Firefox is affected by various security issues :- Several stability bugs leading to crashes which, in some cases, show traces of memory corruption
- Several file input focus stealing vulnerabilities that could result in uploading of arbitrary files provided their full path and file names are known.
- Several issues that allow scripts from page content to escape from their sandboxed context and/or run with chrome privileges, resulting in privilege escalation, XSS, and/or remote code execution.
- An issue that could allow a malicious site to inject newlines into the application's password store when a user saves his password, resulting in corruption of saved passwords for other sites.
- A directory traversal vulnerability via the 'chrome:' URI.
- A vulnerability involving 'designMode' frames that may result in web browsing history and forward navigation stealing.
- An information disclosure issue in the BMP decoder.
- A file action dialog tampering vulnerability involving timer-enabled security dialogs.
- Mis-handling of locally-saved plaintext files.
- Possible disclosure of sensitive URL parameters, such as session tokens, via the .href property of stylesheet DOM nodes reflecting the final URI of the stylesheet after following any 302 redirects.
- A failure to display a web forgery warning dialog in cases where the entire contents of a page are enclosed in a '<div>' with absolute positioning.
- Multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities related to character encoding.
Solution
Upgrade to Firefox 2.0.0.12 or later.See Also
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-01/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-02/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-03/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-04/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-05/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-06/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-07/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-08/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-09/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-10/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-11/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-13/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 30209
File Name: mozilla_firefox_20012.nasl
Version: 1.21
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows
Published: 2/8/2008
Updated: 7/16/2018
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
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: 2/7/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-0412, CVE-2008-0413, CVE-2008-0414, CVE-2008-0415, CVE-2008-0416, CVE-2008-0417, CVE-2008-0418, CVE-2008-0419, CVE-2008-0420, CVE-2008-0591, CVE-2008-0592, CVE-2008-0593, CVE-2008-0594