CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
91.0%
Mozilla Firefox is prone to a status bar spoofing vulnerability.
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CPE = "cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900447");
script_version("2022-03-01T14:58:37+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2022-03-01 14:58:37 +0000 (Tue, 01 Mar 2022)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-01-28 13:27:12 +0100 (Wed, 28 Jan 2009)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-0253");
script_name("Mozilla Firefox Status Bar Spoofing Vulnerability - Linux");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/7842");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/CVE-2009-0253");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_dependencies("gb_firefox_detect_lin.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("mozilla/firefox/linux/detected");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful remote exploitation will let the attacker spoof the status
bar information and can gain sensitive information by redirecting the
authentic user to any malicious URL.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Mozilla Firefox version 3.0.5 and 2.0.0.18/19.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Firefox doesn't properly handle the crafted URL which is being displayed in
the user's browser which lets the attacker perform clickjacking attack and
can spoof the user redirect to a different arbitrary malformed website.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 3.6.3 or later.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Mozilla Firefox is prone to a status bar spoofing vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE))
exit(0);
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if(version =~ "^(2\.0\.0\.1[89]|3\.0\.5)") {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:version, fixed_version:"3.6.3", install_path:location);
security_message(port:0, data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);