CVE-2010-2764

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.12 and 3.6.x before 3.6.9, Thunderbird before 3.0.7 and 3.1.x before 3.1.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.7 do not properly restrict read access to the statusText property of XMLHttpRequest objects, which allows remote attackers to discover the existence of intranet web servers via cross-origin requests.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.18% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory mozilla.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11684 vdb entry signature
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00002.html vendor advisory
http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_mozilla_firefox
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-September/047282.html vendor advisory
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100112690
http://secunia.com/advisories/42867 third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/61662 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0061 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43104 vdb entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=552090
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:173 vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2323 vdb entry
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-63.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-2764?
CVE-2010-2764 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-2764?
To fix CVE-2010-2764, 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-2010-2764 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-2764 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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