CVE-2013-1670
The Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 21.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.6, Thunderbird before 17.0.6, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.6 does not prevent acquisition of chrome privileges during calls to content…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.9%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 21.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.6, Thunderbird before 17.0.6, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.6 does not prevent acquisition of chrome privileges during calls to content level constructors, which allows remote attackers to bypass certain read-only restrictions and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted web site.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 10.89% probability · 96th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79, CWE-264
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/thunderbird · mozilla/thunderbird esr
- Source
- security@mozilla.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00012.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00008.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0820.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0821.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2699
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34363
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:165
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-42.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/93427
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59865
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1822-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1823-1
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=853709
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17046
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00012.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00008.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0820.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0821.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2699
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34363
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:165
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-42.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/93427
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59865
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.