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Mozilla Firefox Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability june-10 (Windows)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

General

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

4.3

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

13 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

The host is installed with Mozilla Firefox and is prone to spoofing vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

The flaw is due to error in the 'startDocumentLoad()' function in 'browser/base/content/browser.js', fails to implement Same Origin Policy. This can be exploited to display arbitrary content in the blank document while showing the URL of a trusted web site in the address bar.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Firefox version before 3.6.6.

Solution

Solution

Upgrade to Firefox version 3.6.6 or later.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)