CVE-2010-0178

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.19, 3.5.x before 3.5.9, and 3.6.x before 3.6.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.4, does not prevent applets from interpreting mouse clicks as drag-and-drop actions, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with Chrome privileges by loading a chrome: URL and then loading a javascript: URL.

Category

7.6
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 3.98% Top 15%
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Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
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References

Link Tags
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=546909
http://secunia.com/advisories/39397 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39308 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39136 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0781 vdb entry
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-921-1 vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023776 vdb entry
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-20.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0764 vdb entry vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57391 vdb entry
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:070 vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10460 vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/39243 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6975 vdb entry signature
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0748 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0849 vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2027 vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0332.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39240 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-0178?
CVE-2010-0178 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-0178?
To fix CVE-2010-0178, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-0178 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-0178 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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