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CVE-2010-0171

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.18, 3.5.x before 3.5.8, and 3.6.x before 3.6.2; Thunderbird before 3.0.2; and SeaMonkey

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.18, 3.5.x before 3.5.8, and 3.6.x before 3.6.2.

Thunderbird before 3.0.2.

and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3 allow remote attackers to perform cross-origin keystroke capture, and possibly conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, by using the addEventListener and setTimeout functions in conjunction with a wrapped object. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-3736.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.00521
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
Sigma rules1 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
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Affected Products & Versions

5
mozilla firefoxall versions
mozilla seamonkey<= 2.0.2
mozilla seamonkeyall versions
mozilla thunderbird<= 3.0.1
mozilla thunderbirdall versions
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Sigma Hunt Rules

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Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighSQLite Firefox Profile Data DB Access
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Scoring & Timeline

4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Published to NVD25 Mar 2010 · 09:00 PM
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Vendor Advisories

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suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1
rhsaRHSA-2010:0113Low
rhsaRHSA-2010:0112Low
rhsaRHSA-2010:0154Low
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-12.htmlPatch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38918Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0692
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=531364
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10773
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7743
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