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Mozilla Firefox < 3.6

🗓️ 18 Dec 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Firefox before 3.6 and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3 enable XSS via embedded SVG/EMBED (CVE-2010-0162).

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
## 
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#                                  
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory mfsa2010-05.
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mozilla Foundation.
## 

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(279219);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/12/18");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2010-0162");

  script_name(english:"Mozilla Firefox < 3.6");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"A web browser installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by a vulnerability.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of Firefox installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 3.6. It is, therefore, affected by a
vulnerability as referenced in the mfsa2010-05 advisory.

  - Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.18 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3, does not properly
    support the application/octet-stream content type as a protection mechanism against execution of web
    script in certain circumstances involving SVG and the EMBED element, which allows remote attackers to
    bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via an embedded SVG document.
    (CVE-2010-0162)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2010-05/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-0162");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 3.6 or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2010-0162");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2010/02/17");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2010/02/17");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/12/18");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"MacOS X Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("macosx_firefox_installed.nasl");
  script_require_keys("installed_sw/Mozilla Firefox");

  exit(0);
}

include('vdf.inc');

# @tvdl-content-verify-only
var vuln_data = {
  "metadata": {
    "spec_version": "1.0"
  },
  "requires": [
    {
      "scope": "target",
      "match": {
        "os": "macos"
      }
    }
  ],
  "checks": [
    {
      "product": {
        "name": "Mozilla Firefox",
        "type": "app"
      },
      "check_algorithm": "default",
      "constraints": [
        {
          "min_version": "3.0.0",
          "fixed_version": "3.6"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
};

var vdf_result = vdf::check_and_report(vuln_data:vuln_data, severity:SECURITY_WARNING, flags:{"xss": "TRUE"});
vdf::handle_check_and_report_errors(vdf_result:vdf_result);

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18 Dec 2025 00:00Current
8.1High risk
Vulners AI Score8.1
CVSS 24.3
EPSS0.01106
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