CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
79.5%
Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.802509");
script_version("2024-02-15T05:05:39+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2011-3655");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-15 05:05:39 +0000 (Thu, 15 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-11-11 13:42:01 +0530 (Fri, 11 Nov 2011)");
script_name("Mozilla Products 'NoWaiverWrapper' Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - Windows");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-52.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50594");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Privilege escalation");
script_dependencies("gb_firefox_detect_portable_win.nasl",
"gb_thunderbird_detect_portable_win.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Mozilla/Firefox_or_Seamonkey_or_Thunderbird/Installed");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will let attackers to gain privileges via a crafted
web site.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Thunderbird version 5.0 through 7.0
Mozilla Firefox version 4.x through 7.0");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to: performing access control without checking for
use of the NoWaiverWrapper wrapper, which allows remote attackers to gain
privileges via a crafted web site.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 8.0 or later, Upgrade to Thunderbird version to 8.0 or later.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
vers = get_kb_item("Firefox/Win/Ver");
if(vers)
{
if(version_in_range(version:vers, test_version:"4.0", test_version2:"7.0"))
{
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, vulnerable_range:"4.0 - 7.0");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
exit(0);
}
}
vers = get_kb_item("Thunderbird/Win/Ver");
if(vers)
{
if(version_in_range(version:vers, test_version:"5.0", test_version2:"7.0")){
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, vulnerable_range:"5.0 - 7.0");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
}
}