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HistoryNov 23, 2010 - 12:00 a.m.

Mozilla Firefox Security Bypass Vulnerability (Windows)

2010-11-2300:00:00
Copyright (c) 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH
plugins.openvas.org
7

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

51.9%

The host is installed with Mozilla Firefox and is prone to security
bypass vulnerability.

###############################################################################
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: gb_firefox_security_bypass_vuln.nasl 5306 2017-02-16 09:00:16Z teissa $
#
# Mozilla Firefox Security Bypass Vulnerability (Windows)
#
# Authors:
# Sooraj KS <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
# (or any later version), as published by the Free Software Foundation.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
###############################################################################

tag_impact = "Successful exploitation will allow attackers to bypass cross-site scripting
  protection mechanisms via a crafted string.
  Impact Level: Application";
tag_affected = "Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 3.6 Beta 3.";
tag_insight = "The flaw is due to improper validation of overlong UTF-8 encoding,
  which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting
  protection mechanisms via a crafted string.";
tag_solution = "Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 3.6 Beta 3 or later,
  For updates refer to http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/upgrade.html";
tag_summary = "The host is installed with Mozilla Firefox and is prone to security
  bypass vulnerability.";

if(description)
{
  script_id(801637);
  script_version("$Revision: 5306 $");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-02-16 10:00:16 +0100 (Thu, 16 Feb 2017) $");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2010-11-23 14:41:37 +0100 (Tue, 23 Nov 2010)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2009-5017");
  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 Bypass Vulnerability (Windows)");
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=511859");
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=522634");
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://sirdarckcat.blogspot.com/2009/10/couple-of-unicode-issues-on-php-and.html");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
  script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family("General");
  script_dependencies("gb_firefox_detect_win.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Firefox/Win/Ver");
  script_tag(name : "impact" , value : tag_impact);
  script_tag(name : "affected" , value : tag_affected);
  script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
  script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
  script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
  exit(0);
}


include("version_func.inc");

## Get Firefox version from KB
fpVer = get_kb_item("Firefox/Win/Ver");
if(!fpVer){
  exit(0);
}

## Check for Mozilla Firefox Versions
if(version_in_range(version:fpVer, test_version:"3.6.b1", test_version2:"3.6.b2")){
  security_message(0);
}