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Mozilla Products 'NoWaiverWrapper' Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (Mac OS X)
Information
Severity
Severity
Critical
Family
Family
Privilege escalation
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
9.3
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
12 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The host is installed with Mozilla firefox/thunderbird and is prone to privilege escalation vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to, performing access control without checking for use of the NoWaiverWrapper wrapper, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted web site.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Thunderbird version 5.0 through 7.0 Mozilla Firefox version 4.x through 7.0 on Mac OS X
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 8.0 or later, Upgrade to Thunderbird version to 8.0 or later.