CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
83.0%
Mozilla Firefox is prone to URL spoofing and phising vulnerabilities.
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CPE = "cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900512");
script_version("2022-05-09T13:48:18+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2022-05-09 13:48:18 +0000 (Mon, 09 May 2022)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-02-26 05:27:20 +0100 (Thu, 26 Feb 2009)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-0652");
script_name("Mozilla Firefox URL Spoofing And Phising Vulnerability - Linux");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_firefox_detect_lin.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("mozilla/firefox/linux/detected");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful remote exploitation will let the attacker spoof the URL
information by using homoglyphs of say the /(slash) and ?(question mark)and
can gain sensitive information by redirecting the user to any malicious URL.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Mozilla Firefox version 3.0.6 and prior.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Firefox doesn't properly prevent the literal rendering of homoglyph
characters in IDN domain names. This renders the user vulnerable to URL
spoofing and phising attacks as the atatcker may redirect the user to a
different arbitrary malformed website.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 3.6.3 or later.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Mozilla Firefox is prone to URL spoofing and phising vulnerabilities.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/tld-idn-policy-list.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33837");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-dc-09/bh-dc-09-speakers.html#Marlinspike");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE))
exit(0);
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if(version_is_less_equal(version:version, test_version:"3.0.6")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:version, fixed_version:"3.6.3", install_path:location);
security_message(port:0, data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);