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Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey 'loadSubScript()' Security Bypass Vulnerability (MAC OS X)

🗓️ 14 Oct 2011 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (c) 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbHType 
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Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey 'loadSubScript()' Security Bypass Vulnerability on MAC OS X. The flaw allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted web site leveraging certain unwrapping behavior

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###############################################################################
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: gb_mozilla_prdts_load_subscript_sec_bypass_vuln_macosx.nasl 7052 2017-09-04 11:50:51Z teissa $
#
# Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey 'loadSubScript()' Security Bypass Vulnerability (MAC OS X)
#
# Authors:
# Madhuri D <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2011 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_solution = "Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 7.0 or later,
  For updates refer to http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html

  Upgrade to SeaMonkey version to 2.4 or later
  http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/";

tag_impact = "Successful exploitation will let attackers to gain privileges via a crafted
  web site that leverages certain unwrapping behavior.
  Impact Level: Application";
tag_affected = "SeaMonkey version prior to 2.4
  Mozilla Firefox version 4.x through 6";
tag_insight = "The flaw is due to an error while handling 'XPCNativeWrappers'
  during calls to the loadSubScript method in an add-on.";
tag_summary = "The host is installed with Mozilla firefox/seamonkey and is prone
  to security bypass vulnerability.";

if(description)
{
  script_id(802187);
  script_version("$Revision: 7052 $");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-09-04 13:50:51 +0200 (Mon, 04 Sep 2017) $");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-10-14 14:22:41 +0200 (Fri, 14 Oct 2011)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2011-3004");
  script_bugtraq_id(49852);
  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 and SeaMonkey 'loadSubScript()' Security Bypass Vulnerability (MAC OS X)");

  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-43.html");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_family("General");
  script_dependencies("gb_mozilla_prdts_detect_macosx.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("Mozilla/Firefox_or_Seamonkey_or_Thunderbird/Mac/Installed");
  script_tag(name : "impact" , value : tag_impact);
  script_tag(name : "affected" , value : tag_affected);
  script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
  script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
  script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  exit(0);
}


include("version_func.inc");

# Firefox Check
ffVer = get_kb_item("Mozilla/Firefox/MacOSX/Version");
if(ffVer)
{
  # Grep for Firefox version
  if(version_in_range(version:ffVer, test_version:"4.0", test_version2:"6.0"))
  {
    security_message(0);
    exit(0);
  }
}

# SeaMonkey Check
seaVer = get_kb_item("SeaMonkey/MacOSX/Version");
if(seaVer)
{
  # Grep for SeaMonkey version
  if(version_is_less(version:seaVer, test_version:"2.4")){
    security_message(0);
  }
}

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