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Mozilla Firefox Chrome Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Aug-09 (Windows)
Information
Severity
Severity
Critical
Family
Family
Privilege escalation
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
10.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
14 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
This host is installed with Mozilla Firefox and is prone to Chrome Privilege Escalation vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
Error in 'nsDocument::SetScriptGlobalObject()' function in 'nsDocument.cpp' in content/base/src/ which does not properly handle a Link HTTP header, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via a crafted web page, related to an incorrect security wrapper.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Firefox version 3.5 before 3.5.2 on Windows.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Firefox version 3.5.2.