CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
55.2%
Mozilla Firefox is prone to a security bypass vulnerability.
# 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);
}