Privilege escalation vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird due to improper handling of a tab element (Mac OS X)| ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:2323 | Date: (C)2011-09-29 (M)2023-11-18 |
| Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: macos |
The host is installed with Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.20 or Thunderbird 3.x before 3.1.12 and is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability. The flaws are present in the applications, which allow remote attackers to gain chrome privileges by establishing a content area and registering for drop events. Successful exploitation could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code.
| Platform: |
| Apple Mac OS 14 |
| Apple Mac OS 13 |
| Apple Mac OS 12 |
| Apple Mac OS 11 |
| Apple Mac OS X 10.15 |
| Apple Mac OS X 10.14 |
| Apple Mac OS X 10.13 |
| Apple Mac OS X 10.11 |
| Apple Mac OS X 10.12 |
| Product: |
| Mozilla Firefox |
| Mozilla Thunderbird |
