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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-5338

Original release date:10/21/2007
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.8 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.5 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary Javascript with user privileges by using the Script object to modify XPCNativeWrappers in a way that causes the script to be executed when a chrome action is performed.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:9.3 (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service

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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-35.html
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-35.html
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2007-2664
Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00355.html
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2007-2601
Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00285.html
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2007-3431
Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00498.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1858
Hyperlink:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1858
External Source: XF
Name: mozilla-xpcnativewrapper-code-execution(37288)
Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/37288
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-535-1
Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-535-1
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-536-1
Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-536-1
External Source: BID
Name: 26132
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26132
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20071029 rPSA-2007-0225-2 firefox thunderbird
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/482932/100/200/threaded
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20071029 FLEA-2007-0062-1 firefox
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/482925/100/0/threaded
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20071026 rPSA-2007-0225-1 firefox
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/482876/100/200/threaded
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2007:0981
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0981.html
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2007:0980
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0980.html
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2007:0979
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0979.html
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2007:057
Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_57_mozilla.html
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2007:202
Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:202
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200711-14
Hyperlink:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-14.xml
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-0083
Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/0083
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-3587
Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/3587
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-3544
Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/3544
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1401
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1401
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1396
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1396
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1392
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1392
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/60eb95b75c76f9fbfcc9a89f99cd8f79.html
Hyperlink:http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/60eb95b75c76f9fbfcc9a89f99cd8f79.html
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1018836
Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1018836
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28398
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28398
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27680
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27680
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27665
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27665
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27480
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27480
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27425
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27425
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27414
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27414
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27403
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27403
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27387
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27387
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27383
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27383
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27360
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27360
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27356
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27356
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27336
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27336
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27335
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27335
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27327
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27327
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27325
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27325
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27315
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27315
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27311
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27311
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27298
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27298
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27276
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27276
External Source: HP
Name: HPSBUX02153
Hyperlink:http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742
External Source: SUNALERT
Name: 201516
Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201516-1

Vulnerable software and versions

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Technical Details

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5338