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
High
EPSS
Percentile
87.8%
Mozilla Firefox is prone to SSL certificate spoofing vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.802100");
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:"2011-06-13 15:28:04 +0200 (Mon, 13 Jun 2011)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2011-0082");
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 SSL Certificate Spoofing Vulnerability - Windows");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709165");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48064");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=627552");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 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 allow remote attackers to perform
phishing-style attacks by bypassing security warnings when invalid certificates
are used in SSL HTTP connections.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Mozilla Firefox versions 4.0.x through 4.0.1");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to improper handling of validation/revalidation of
'SSL' certificates. When re-loading the browser and visiting the page, the
untrusted connection warning would appear, but incorrectly indicates that the
site provides a valid, verified certificate and there is no way to confirm the
exception.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"No known solution was made available for at least one year
since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore.
General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective
features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Mozilla Firefox is prone to SSL certificate spoofing vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
ffVer = get_kb_item("Firefox/Win/Ver");
if(ffVer)
{
if(version_in_range(version:ffVer, test_version:"4.0", test_version2:"4.0.1")){
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
}
}