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Mozilla Firefox Code Execution Vulnerability (May 2010) - Windows

🗓️ 04 May 2010 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AGType 
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Mozilla Firefox Code Execution Vulnerability on Window

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.801326");
  script_version("2025-09-19T05:38:25+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-19 05:38:25 +0000 (Fri, 19 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2010-05-04 09:40:09 +0200 (Tue, 04 May 2010)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2010-1585");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_name("Mozilla Firefox Code Execution Vulnerability (May 2010) - Windows");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/510883/100/0/threaded");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://wizzrss.blat.co.za/2009/11/17/so-much-for-nsiscriptableunescapehtmlparsefragment/");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.security-assessment.com/files/whitepapers/Cross_Context_Scripting_with_Firefox.pdf");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("General");
  script_dependencies("gb_firefox_detect_portable_win.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("Firefox/Win/Ver");
  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will let attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript
  with chrome privileges via a javascript: URI in input to an extension.");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 3.6 on Windows.");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to error in 'nsIScriptableUnescapeHTML.parseFragment'
  method which does not properly sanitize 'HREF' attribute of an 'A' element
  or the 'ACTION' attribute of a 'FORM' element.");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 3.6.3 or later.");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Mozilla Firefox is prone to a code execution vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  exit(0);
}

include("version_func.inc");

if(!vers = get_kb_item("Firefox/Win/Ver"))
  exit(0);

if(version_is_less_equal(version:vers, test_version:"3.6")){
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, vulnerable_range:"Less than or equal to 3.6");
  security_message(port:0, data:report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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19 Sep 2025 00:00Current
9.2High risk
Vulners AI Score9.2
CVSS 29.3
EPSS0.04471
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