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CVE-2011-2999

Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.23 and 4.x through 5, Thunderbird before 6.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.3 do not properly handle

Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.23 and 4.x through 5, Thunderbird before 6.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.3 do not properly handle "location" as the name of a frame, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via a crafted web site, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0170.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.00722
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
Sigma rules1 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

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mozilla firefox<= 3.6.22
mozilla firefoxall versions
mozilla thunderbird<= 5.0
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 NVD29 Sep 2011 · 12:55 AM
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Vendor Advisories

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usnUSN-1222-1
usnUSN-1213-1
usnUSN-1210-1
rhsaRHSA-2011:1341Critical
rhsaRHSA-2011:1342Critical
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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://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00020.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-10/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/46315
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2312
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2313
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2317
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