CVE-2010-0178
Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.19, 3.5.x before 3.5.9, and 3.6.x before 3.6.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.4, does not prevent applets from interpreting mouse clicks as drag-and-drop actions, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.40%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.19, 3.5.x before 3.5.9, and 3.6.x before 3.6.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.4, does not prevent applets from interpreting mouse clicks as drag-and-drop actions, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with Chrome privileges by loading a chrome: URL and then loading a javascript: URL.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.6 HIGHAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 3.40% probability · 89th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/seamonkey
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 3.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39136Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39240Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39243Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39308Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39397Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023776
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-921-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2027
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:070
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-20.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0332.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0748
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0764Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0781
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0849
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=546909
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57391
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10460
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6975
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39136Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39240Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39243Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39308Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39397Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023776
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-921-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2027
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:070
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.