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Sid
20730

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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 and Thunderbird 1.x before 1.5 and 1.0.x before 1.0.8, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by using an eval in an XBL method binding (XBL.method.eval) to create Javascript functions that are compiled with extra privileges.

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Affected Systems:
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 1.0.7
mozilla firefox 1.5
mozilla firefox 1.5

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Attack Scenarios:
If an application does not correctly enforce access control, a remote attacker may be able to view resources and data that should be protected. Additionally, in the case of administrative user interfaces, the attacker may be able to elevate privileges and generate accounts by accessing functions that should be controllled by ACLs.

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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-2006-1735:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2006-1735
 
Common Weakness Enumeration:
http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/285.html
 
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification:
http://capec.mitre.org/data/definitions/1.html

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