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Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2013-42) - Linux

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

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.908 High

EPSS

Percentile

98.8%

This host is missing a security update for Mozilla Firefox.

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

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.2.1.2013.42");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2013-1670");
  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 (MFSA2013-42) - 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:"MFSA2013-42");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-42/");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=853709");

  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:"Privileged access for content level constructor
Security researcher Cody Crews reported a method to call a
content level constructor that allows for this constructor to have chrome
privileged access. This affects chrome object wrappers (COW) and allows for
write actions on objects when only read actions should be allowed. This can lead
to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Firefox version(s) below 21.");

  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: "21")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "21", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: 0, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);