Privilege escalation vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird related to addon handling| ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:3194 | Date: (C)2011-11-23 (M)2024-04-17 |
| Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: windows |
The host is installed with Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.24 or Thunderbird before 3.1.6 and is prone to privilege escalation vulnerability. A flaw is present in the applications, which fail to properly handle XPCNativeWrappers during calls to the loadSubScript method in an add-on. Successful exploitation allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted web site.
| Platform: |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2022 |
| Microsoft Windows 11 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
| Microsoft Windows Vista |
| Microsoft Windows 7 |
| Microsoft Windows 8 |
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 |
| Microsoft Windows 10 |
| Product: |
| Mozilla Firefox |
| Mozilla Thunderbird |
