Firefox 3.0.x < 3.0.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 34267

Synopsis

The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The installed version of Firefox 3.0 is earlier than 3.0.2. Such versions are potentially affected by the following security issues :

- An attacker can cause the content window to move while the mouse is being clicked, causing an item to be dragged rather than clicked-on (MFSA 2008-40).

- Privilege escalation is possible via 'XPCnativeWrapper' pollution (MFSA 2008-41).

- There are several stability bugs in the browser engine that could lead to crashes with evidence of memory corruption (MFSA 2008-42).

- Certain BOM characters and low surrogate characters, if HTML-escaped, are stripped from JavaScript code before it is executed, which could allow for cross- site scripting attacks (MFSA 2008-43).

- The 'resource:' protocol allows directory traversal on Linux when using URL-encoded slashes, and it can by used to bypass restrictions on local HTML files (MFSA 2008-44).

- By tampering with the window.__proto__.__proto__ object, one can cause the browser to place a lock on a non- native object, leading to a crash and possible code execution. (MFSA 2008-50)

Solution

Upgrade to Firefox 3.0.2 or later.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-40/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-41/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-42/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-43/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-44/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-50/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 34267

File Name: mozilla_firefox_302.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 9/24/2008

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: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/23/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-3837, CVE-2008-4058, CVE-2008-4059, CVE-2008-4060, CVE-2008-4061, CVE-2008-4062, CVE-2008-4063, CVE-2008-4064, CVE-2008-4065, CVE-2008-4066, CVE-2008-4067, CVE-2008-4068, CVE-2008-5014

BID: 31346

CWE: 189, 20, 22, 264, 399, 79

Secunia: 32011