CVE-2013-0747

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2013-01-08
Bugzilla:
892143: CVE-2013-0747 Mozilla: Event manipulation in plugin handler to bypass same-origin policy (MFSA 2013-10)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The gPluginHandler.handleEvent function in the plugin handler in Mozilla Firefox before 18.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.2, Thunderbird before 17.0.2, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.15 does not properly enforce the Same Origin Policy, which allows remote attackers to conduct clickjacking attacks via crafted JavaScript code that listens for a mutation event.

Find out more about CVE-2013-0747 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not Vulnerable. This issue does not affect the version of firefox and thunderbird as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 firefox Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 thunderbird Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 firefox Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 thunderbird Not affected

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Jesse Ruderman as the original reporter.

External References

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