Mozilla Firefox Incorrect Security Wrapper JavaScript Chrome Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:35928

Info

Mozilla Firefox Incorrect Security Wrapper JavaScript Chrome Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 35928
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2009-2665
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Aug 03 2009 12:00AM
Updated: Aug 21 2009 03:48PM
Credit: Wladimir Palant, moz_bug_r_a4
Vulnerable: Red Hat Fedora 11
Red Hat Fedora 10
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.1
Mozilla Firefox 3.5
Not Vulnerable: Mozilla Firefox 3.5.2

Discussion

Mozilla Firefox Incorrect Security Wrapper JavaScript Chrome Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Mozilla Firefox is prone to a privilege-escalation vulnerability.

Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges.

The issue affects Firefox 3.5 prior to 3.5.2.

Exploit / POC

Mozilla Firefox Incorrect Security Wrapper JavaScript Chrome Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Proofs of concept are available from the associated Mozilla bug reports. Please see the references for more information.

Solution / Fix

Mozilla Firefox Incorrect Security Wrapper JavaScript Chrome Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.

References

Mozilla Firefox Incorrect Security Wrapper JavaScript Chrome Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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