Rule

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Sid
15872

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Summary:
This event is generated when an attempt is made to exploit a known vulnerability in Firefox.

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Impact:
Denial of Service. Information disclosure. Loss of integrity. Complete admin access.

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Detailed Information:
Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12 does not properly handle an SVG element that has a property with a watch function and an __defineSetter__ function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted document, related to a certain pointer misinterpretation.

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Affected Systems:
Mozilla Firefox 0.1
Mozilla Firefox 0.10
Mozilla Firefox 0.10.1
Mozilla Firefox 0.2
Mozilla Firefox 0.3
Mozilla Firefox 0.4
Mozilla Firefox 0.5
Mozilla Firefox 0.6
Mozilla Firefox 0.6.1
Mozilla Firefox 0.7
Mozilla Firefox 0.7.1
Mozilla Firefox 0.8
Mozilla Firefox 0.9
Mozilla Firefox 0.9.1
Mozilla Firefox 0.9.2
Mozilla Firefox 0.9.3
Mozilla Firefox 0.9_rc
Mozilla Firefox 1.0
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.1
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.2
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.3
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.4
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.5
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.8
Mozilla Firefox 1.4.1
Mozilla Firefox 1.5
Mozilla Firefox 1.5
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.10
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.11
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.12
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.2
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.3
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.4
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.5
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.7
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.8
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.9
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.1
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.2
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.3
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.4
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.5
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.6
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.7
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.8
Mozilla Firefox 1.8
Mozilla Firefox 2.0
Mozilla Firefox 2.0
Mozilla Firefox 2.0
Mozilla Firefox 2.0
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.1
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.10
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.12
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.13
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.14
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.15
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.16
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.17
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.18
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.19
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.2
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.20
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.21
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.4
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.5
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.7
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.8
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.9
Mozilla Firefox 3.0
Mozilla Firefox 3.0
Mozilla Firefox 3.0
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.11
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.2
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.3
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.4
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.7
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.8
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.9

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Attack Scenarios:


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Ease of Attack:
Simple. Exploits exist.

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False Positives:
None known.

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False Negatives:
None known.

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Corrective Action:
Upgrade to the latest non-affected version of the software.

Apply the appropriate vendor supplied patches.

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Contributors:
Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team
This document was generated from data supplied by the National Vulnerability Database. A product of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
For more information see http://nvd.nist.gov/

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Additional References:

NIST CVE-2009-2469:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2009-2469
  
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