15009 : Mozilla Firefox Sidebar Panel Script Injection
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2005-03-24

Description

Mozilla Firefox contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to inject script code in the browser environment with the privleges of the locally-logged on user. The issue is triggered when a malicious web site is bookmarked as a sidebar panel. It is possible that the flaw may allow an attacker to run arbitrary code on the victim's machine, resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.0.2 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. It is also possible to correct the flaw by implementing the following workaround(s): Do not bookmark untrusted sites as sidebar panels.

Products

Mozilla Organization
Firefox
1.0.1
1.0.2

References

Tools & Filters

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Credit

  • Kohei Yoshino - bugzillaminutedesign.com -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 2.6
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-06-07 | Disagree?

Access_vector_2 Access_complexity_0 Authentication_2 Confidentiality_impact_0 Integrity_impact_1 Availability_impact_0

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