National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-3400
Original release date:09/15/2010
Last revised:07/19/2011
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The js_InitRandom function in the JavaScript implementation in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x before 3.5.10 and 3.6.x before 3.6.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.5, uses the current time for seeding of a random number generator, which makes it easier for remote attackers to guess the seed value via a brute-force attack, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-5913.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
4.9
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=475585
Type: Patch Information
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7339
References to Check Content
Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7339
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
