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Mozilla Firefox Security Bypass Vulnerability - Windows

🗓️ 23 Nov 2010 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AGType 
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Mozilla Firefox Security Bypass Vulnerability - Windows. Improper validation of UTF-8 encoding allows remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting protection mechanisms via crafted string

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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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.801637");
  script_version("2024-02-15T05:05:39+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-15 05:05:39 +0000 (Thu, 15 Feb 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2010-11-23 14:41:37 +0100 (Tue, 23 Nov 2010)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2009-5017");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_name("Mozilla Firefox Security Bypass Vulnerability - Windows");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=511859");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=522634");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://sirdarckcat.blogspot.com/2009/10/couple-of-unicode-issues-on-php-and.html");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AG");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  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 allow attackers to bypass cross-site scripting
  protection mechanisms via a crafted string.");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 3.6 Beta 3.");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to improper validation of overlong UTF-8 encoding,
  which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting
  protection mechanisms via a crafted string.");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 3.6 Beta 3 or later.");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Mozilla Firefox is prone to a security bypass vulnerability.");

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

  exit(0);
}

include("version_func.inc");

fpVer = get_kb_item("Firefox/Win/Ver");
if(!fpVer){
  exit(0);
}

if(version_in_range(version:fpVer, test_version:"3.6.b1", test_version2:"3.6.b2")){
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:fpVer, vulnerable_range:"3.6.b1 - 3.6.b2");
  security_message(port: 0, data: report);
}

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15 Feb 2024 00:00Current
6.3Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.3
CVSS 24.3
EPSS0.01867
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