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CVE-2013-1670

The Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 21.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.6, Thunderbi

The Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 21.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.6, Thunderbird before 17.0.6, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.6 does not prevent acquisition of chrome privileges during calls to content level constructors, which allows remote attackers to bypass certain read-only restrictions and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted web site.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.21901
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 4% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
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 firefox<= 20.0.1
mozilla firefoxall versions
mozilla thunderbird<= 17.0.5
mozilla thunderbirdall versions
mozilla thunderbird esrall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

2
remoteMozilla Firefox - toString console.time Privileged JavaScript Injection (Metasploit)verified
pocwww.exploit-db.com · 34363www.exploit-db.com
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Sigma Hunt Rules

1
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) · security@mozilla.org
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v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Published to NVD16 May 2013 · 11:45 AM
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Vendor Advisories

8
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1
usnUSN-1823-1
usnUSN-1822-1
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References & Sources

16
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/2013-05/msg00010.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00011.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00012.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00006.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00008.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0820.html
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