9.3 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access 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
0.004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
72.4%
This host is missing a security update for Mozilla Firefox.
# Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH
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CPE = "cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.2.1.2012.84");
script_cve_id("CVE-2012-3992");
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 (MFSA2012-84) - 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:"MFSA2012-84");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2012-84/");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=775009");
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:"Spoofing and script injection through location.hash
Security researcher Mariusz Mlynski reported an issue with
spoofing of the location property. In this issue, writes to
location.hash can be used in concert with scripted history
navigation to cause a specific website to be loaded into the history object. The
baseURI can then be changed to this stored site, allowing an attacker to inject
a script or intercept posted data posted to a location specified with a relative
path.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Firefox version(s) below 16.");
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: "16")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "16", install_path: location);
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);