Modified
This vulnerability has been modified since it was last analyzed by the NVD. It is awaiting reanalysis which may result in further changes to the information provided.
Current Description
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.14, and other versions before 2.0.0.17, allows remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanisms and conduct XSS attacks via HTML-escaped low surrogate characters that are ignored by the HTML parser, as demonstrated by a "jav�ascript" sequence, aka "HTML escaped low surrogates bug."
Source:
MITRE
Description Last Modified:
09/24/2008
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Analysis Description
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.14, and other versions before 2.0.0.17, allows remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanisms and conduct XSS attacks via HTML-escaped low surrogate characters that are ignored by the HTML parser, as demonstrated by a "jav?ascript" sequence, aka "HTML escaped low surrogates bug."
Source:
MITRE
Description Last Modified:
09/24/2008
Impact
CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:
Base Score:
4.3 MEDIUM
Vector:
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
(V2 legend)
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
Access Vector (AV):
Network
Access Complexity (AC):
Medium
Authentication (AU):
None
Confidentiality (C):
None
Integrity (I):
Partial
Availability (A):
None
Additional Information:
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Allows unauthorized modification
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Technical Details
Vulnerability Type
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- Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
Change History
3 change records found
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CVE Modified by MITRE -
9/28/2017 9:31:58 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
Reference |
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8880 [No Types Assigned] |
| Removed |
Reference |
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8880 [No Types Assigned] |
|
CVE Modified by MITRE -
8/7/2017 9:32:23 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
Reference |
|
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45358 [No Types Assigned] |
| Removed |
Reference |
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/45358 [No Types Assigned] |
|
Initial CVE Analysis -
9/25/2008 2:23:00 PM