The installed version of Firefox is earlier than 10.0.9 and thus, is potentially affected by the following security issues :
An unspecified error exists that can allow attackers to bypass the ‘Same Origin Policy’ and access the ‘Location’ object. (CVE-2012-4192)
An error exists related to ‘security wrappers’ and the function ‘defaultValue()’ that can allow cross-site scripting attacks. (CVE-2012-4193)
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(62584);
script_version("1.12");
script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/12/04");
script_cve_id("CVE-2012-4192", "CVE-2012-4193");
script_bugtraq_id(56154, 56155);
script_name(english:"Firefox < 10.0.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)");
script_summary(english:"Checks version of Firefox");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Mac OS X host contains a web browser that is affected by
multiple vulnerabilities.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The installed version of Firefox is earlier than 10.0.9 and thus, is
potentially affected by the following security issues :
- An unspecified error exists that can allow attackers to
bypass the 'Same Origin Policy' and access the
'Location' object. (CVE-2012-4192)
- An error exists related to 'security wrappers' and the
function 'defaultValue()' that can allow cross-site
scripting attacks. (CVE-2012-4193)");
# http://www.thespanner.co.uk/2012/10/10/firefox-knows-what-your-friends-did-last-summer/
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?8993e6b4");
# https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2012/10/10/security-vulnerability-in-firefox-16/
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?dc43f3c3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2012-89/");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Firefox 10.0.9 ESR or later.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2012-4193");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_cwe_id(20, 74, 79, 442, 629, 711, 712, 722, 725, 750, 751, 800, 801, 809, 811, 864, 900, 928, 931, 990);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2012/10/10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/10/11");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/10/17");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"MacOS X Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("macosx_firefox_installed.nasl");
script_require_keys("MacOSX/Firefox/Installed");
exit(0);
}
include("mozilla_version.inc");
kb_base = "MacOSX/Firefox";
get_kb_item_or_exit(kb_base+"/Installed");
version = get_kb_item_or_exit(kb_base+"/Version", exit_code:1);
path = get_kb_item_or_exit(kb_base+"/Path", exit_code:1);
if (get_kb_item(kb_base + '/is_esr')) exit(0, 'The Mozilla Firefox installation is in the ESR branch.');
mozilla_check_version(product:'firefox', version:version, path:path, esr:FALSE, fix:'10.0.9', severity:SECURITY_HOLE, xss:TRUE);