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CVE-2013-0757

The Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 18.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.2, Thunderbi

The Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) implementation 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 prevent modifications to the prototype of an object, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges by referencing Object.prototype.__proto__ in a crafted HTML document.

HIGH · CVSS 9.3 EPSS 0.74572
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.50 - high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
  • EPSS percentile: top 1% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules1 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-20Improper Input Validation
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Affected Products & Versions

10
mozilla firefox< 17.0.2
mozilla firefox< 18.0
mozilla seamonkey< 2.15
mozilla thunderbird< 17.0.2
mozilla thunderbird esr< 17.0.2
opensuseall versions
suse linux enterprise desktopall versions
suse linux enterprise serverall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

3
remoteGIT 1.8.5.6/1.9.5/2.0.5/2.1.4/2.2.1 & Mercurial < 3.2.3 - Multiple Vulnerabilities (Metasploit)verified
localMozilla Firefox < 17.0.1 - Flash Privileged Code Injection (Metasploit)verified
pocbugzilla.mozilla.org · show_bug.cgi?id=813901bugzilla.mozilla.org
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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

9.3
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · security@mozilla.org
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v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD13 Jan 2013 · 08:55 PM
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Vendor Advisories

7
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10218-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1
usnUSN-1681-2
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References & Sources

9
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/2013-01/msg00006.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00007.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00010.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00017.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-14.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1681-1Third Party Advisory
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