Rule

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Sid
17603

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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:
nsFrameManager in Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4, Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.18, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.18, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by modifying properties of a file input element while it is still being initialized, then using the blur method to access uninitialized memory.

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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 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 1.5
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 2.0.0.2
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

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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-2008-5021:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2008-5021
  
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