Mozilla Firefox Chrome Privilege Escalation Exposed via Firebug XMLHttpRequestSpy Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1023783 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1023783
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2010-0179, CVE-2010-3773
(Links to External Site)
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Updated: Dec 10 2010
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Original Entry Date: Mar 31 2010
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Impact:
Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): prior to 3.5.16, 3.5 prior to 3.6.13
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Mozilla Firefox. A remote user can cause arbitrary code to be executed on the target user's system.
A remote user can create specially crafted HTML that, when loaded by the target user on a system running Firebug, will invoke XMLHttpRequestSpy object to execute arbitrary scripting code with chrome privileges. The chrome privilege escalation vulnerability resides in Firefox but is exposed via Firebug.
moz_bug_r_a4 reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote user can create HTML that, when loaded by the target user on a system running Firebug, will execute arbitrary code on the target user's system.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix (3.0.19, 3.5.8).
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-21.html
On December 9, 2010, the vendor reported that the fix can be circumvented and the new vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2010-3773. A new fix (3.5.16, 3.6.13) has been issued. The new advisory is available at:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-82.html
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Vendor URL: www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-21.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Access control error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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