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HistoryNov 11, 2021 - 12:00 a.m.

Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2012-27) - Linux

2021-11-1100:00:00
Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH
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9.5 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.003 Low

EPSS

Percentile

71.6%

This host is missing a security update for Mozilla Firefox.

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CPE = "cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.2.1.2012.27");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2012-0474");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-11-11 09:42:47 +0000 (Thu, 11 Nov 2021)");
  script_version("2021-11-15T10:21:31+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2021-11-15 10:21:31 +0000 (Mon, 15 Nov 2021)");
  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 Advisory (MFSA2012-27) - Linux");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_family("General");
  script_dependencies("gb_firefox_detect_lin.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("mozilla/firefox/linux/detected");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"MFSA2012-27");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2012-27/");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=687745,737307");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"This host is missing a security update for Mozilla Firefox.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Page load short-circuit can lead to XSS
Security researchers Jordi Chancel and Eddy
Bordi reported that they could short-circuit page loads to show the
address of a different site than what is loaded in the window in the addressbar.
Security researcher Chris McGowen independently reported the
same flaw, and further demonstrated that this could lead to loading scripts from
the attacker's site, leaving users vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS)
attacks.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Firefox version(s) below 12.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"The vendor has released an update. Please see the reference(s) for more information.");

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

  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_is_less(version: version, test_version: "12")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "12", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: 0, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

9.5 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.003 Low

EPSS

Percentile

71.6%