Access Restriction Bypass Affecting firefox package, versions <0:17.0.6-1.el6_4


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
88.29% (99th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-FIREFOX-1461708
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed14 May 2013

Introduced: 14 May 2013

CVE-2013-1670  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 firefox to version 0:17.0.6-1.el6_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2013:0820.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Scores

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