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Sid
17212

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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. 

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Detailed Information:
Firefox before 1.0.4 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.8 do not properly limit privileges of Javascript eval and Script objects in the calling context, which allows remote attackers to conduct unauthorized activities via "non-DOM property overrides," a variant of CVE-2005-1160.

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Affected Systems:
Mozilla Firefox 0.10
Mozilla Firefox 0.10.1
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 1.0
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.1
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.2
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.3

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Attack Scenarios:


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Ease of Attack:
Medium.

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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-2005-1532:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2005-1532
  
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