CVE-2010-0170

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-0170
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-03-25 21:00:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionMozilla Firefox 3.6 before 3.6.2 does not offer plugins the expected window.location protection mechanism, which might allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors that are specific to each affected plugin.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.6 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
541530 – (CVE-2010-0170) Restore paranoid location object protecting code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
Security Advisories | Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Mozilla Firefox 'window.location' Same Origin Policy Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
MFSA 2010-10: XSS via plugins and unprotected Location object af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
RETIRED: Mozilla Firefox Thunderbird and Seamonkey MFSA 2010-09 through -15 Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
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