National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-1585

Overview

The nsIScriptableUnescapeHTML.parseFragment method in the ParanoidFragmentSink protection mechanism in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.17 and 3.6.x before 3.6.14, Thunderbird before 3.1.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.12 does not properly sanitize HTML in a chrome document, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via a javascript: URI in input to an extension, as demonstrated by a javascript:alert sequence in (1) the HREF attribute of an A element or (2) the ACTION attribute of a FORM element.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=562547

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=562547

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20100421 Security-Assessment.com WhitePaper/Addendum: Cross Context Scripting with Firefox & Exploiting Cross Context Scripting vulnerabilities in Firefox

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/510883/100/0/threaded

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.security-assessment.com/files/whitepapers/Cross_Context_Scripting_with_Firefox.pdf

Hyperlink:http://www.security-assessment.com/files/whitepapers/Cross_Context_Scripting_with_Firefox.pdf

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-08.html

Hyperlink:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-08.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2011:042

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:042

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2011:041

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:041

External Source: MISC

Name: http://wizzrss.blat.co.za/2009/11/17/so-much-for-nsiscriptableunescapehtmlparsefragment/

Hyperlink:http://wizzrss.blat.co.za/2009/11/17/so-much-for-nsiscriptableunescapehtmlparsefragment/

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12532

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12532

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12532

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12532