Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2014-42) - Linux

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

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.2.1.2014.42");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2014-1529");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-11-11 09:42:47 +0000 (Thu, 11 Nov 2021)");
  script_version("2021-11-11T09:42:47+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2021-11-11 09:42:47 +0000 (Thu, 11 Nov 2021)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2020-08-06 15:42:00 +0000 (Thu, 06 Aug 2020)");

  script_name("Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2014-42) - 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:"MFSA2014-42");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2014-42/");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=987003");

  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:"Privilege escalation through Web Notification API
Security researcher Mariusz Mlynski discovered an issue
where sites that have been given notification permissions by a user can bypass
security checks on source components for the Web Notification API. This allows
for script to be run in a privileged context through notifications, leading to
arbitrary code execution on these sites.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Firefox version(s) below 29.");

  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: "29")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "29", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: 0, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);