Firefox < 10.0.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 62575

Synopsis

The remote Mac OS X host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The installed version of Firefox is earlier than 10.0.8 and thus, is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

- Several memory safety bugs exist in the browser engine used in Mozilla-based products that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2012-3983)

- Some methods of a feature used for testing (DOMWindowUtils) are not properly protected and may be called through script by web pages. (CVE-2012-3986)

- A potentially exploitable denial of service may be caused by a combination of invoking full-screen mode and navigating backwards in history. (CVE-2012-3988)

- When the 'GetProperty' function is invoked through JSAP, security checking can be bypassed when getting cross- origin properties, potentially allowing arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2012-3991)

- The 'location' property can be accessed by binary plugins through 'top.location' and 'top' can be shadowed by 'Object.defineProperty', potentially allowing cross- site scripting attacks through plugins. (CVE-2012-3994)

- The Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) has flaws that could allow access to privileged functions, allowing for cross- site scripting attacks or arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2012-3993, CVE-2012-4184)

- The 'location.hash' property is vulnerable to an attack that could allow an attacker to inject script or intercept post data. (CVE-2012-3992)

- The 'Address Sanitizer' tool is affected by multiple, potentially exploitable use-after-free flaws. (CVE-2012-3990, CVE-2012-3995, CVE-2012-4179, CVE-2012-4180, CVE-2012-4181, CVE-2012-4182, CVE-2012-4183)

- The 'Address Sanitizer' tool is affected by multiple, potentially exploitable heap memory corruption issues. (CVE-2012-4185, CVE-2012-4186, CVE-2012-4187, CVE-2012-4188)

Solution

Upgrade to Firefox 10.0.8 or later.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2012-87/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2012-86/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2012-85/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2012-84/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2012-83/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2012-82/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2012-81/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2012-79/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2012-77/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2012-74/

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 62575

File Name: macosx_firefox_10_0_8.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 10/17/2012

Updated: 12/4/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-4188

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox

Required KB Items: MacOSX/Firefox/Installed

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/9/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/9/2012

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Firefox 5.0 - 15.0.1 __exposedProps__ XCS Code Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3982, CVE-2012-3983, CVE-2012-3986, CVE-2012-3988, CVE-2012-3990, CVE-2012-3991, CVE-2012-3992, CVE-2012-3993, CVE-2012-3994, CVE-2012-3995, CVE-2012-4179, CVE-2012-4180, CVE-2012-4181, CVE-2012-4182, CVE-2012-4183, CVE-2012-4184, CVE-2012-4185, CVE-2012-4186, CVE-2012-4187, CVE-2012-4188

BID: 55922, 55924, 55930, 55931, 56118, 56119, 56120, 56121, 56123, 56125, 56126, 56127, 56128, 56129, 56130, 56131, 56135, 56136, 56140, 56145

CWE: 20, 442, 629, 711, 712, 722, 725, 74, 750, 751, 79, 800, 801, 809, 811, 864, 900, 928, 931, 990