RCE in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2010-0179
Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.19 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3, when the XMLHttpRequestSpy module in the Firebug add-on is used, does not properly handle interaction between the XMLHttpRequestSpy object and chrome privileged objects, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript via a crafted HTTP response.
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.1 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.033 (88.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 88.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.033 · newest: 0.033 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions 0.10, 3.0.8, 0.6
- Mozilla Seamonkey — versions 1.0.9, 1.1.1, 1.1.12
- Mozilla Thunderbird — versions 0.6, 1.5.0.5, 1.0.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/3924 (third-party-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/39243 (third-party-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/39308 (third-party-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/39397 (third-party-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/42818 (third-party-advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100124650
- ubuntu.com/usn/usn-921-1 (vendor-advisory)