Mozilla Firefox GeckoActiveXObject Discloses Installed COM Objects to Remote Users
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1023346 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1023346
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2009-3987
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Dec 16 2009
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Impact:
Disclosure of system information
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 3.0 prior to 3.0.16, 3.5 prior to 3.5.6
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Mozilla Firefox. A remote user can determine the COM objects installed on the target user's system.
The GeckoActiveXObject exception messages differ based on whether or not the requested COM object's ProgID is present in the target user's system registry. A remote user can create HTML that, when loaded by the target user, will determine the installed COM objects.
Gregory Fleischer reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote user can determine the COM objects installed on the target user's system.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix (3.0.16, 3.5.6).
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-71.html
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Vendor URL: www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-71.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Access control error
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Underlying OS:
Windows (Any)
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:31:12 +0000
Subject: Mozilla Firefox
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http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-71.html
CVE-2009-3987
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