CWE Code: 264
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 6.8
CWE Name:  Permissions Privileges and Access Controls
Summary: mozilla firefox before 3.6.28 and 4.x through 10.0, firefox esr 10.x before 10.0.3, thunderbird before 3.1.20 and 5.0 through 10.0, thunderbird esr 10.x before 10.0.3, and seamonkey before 2.8 do not properly restrict setting the home page through the dragging of a url to the home button, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary javascript code with chrome privileges via a javascript: url that is later interpreted in the about:sessionrestore context.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Access Vector: NETWORK
Impact (C/I/A): PARTIAL/PARTIAL/PARTIAL
Published Date: 2012-03-14
Last Modified Date: 2018-01-18
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CWE Code: 264
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 6.8
CWE Name:  Permissions Privileges and Access Controls
Summary: mozilla firefox before 3.6.28 and 4.x through 10.0, firefox esr 10.x before 10.0.3, thunderbird before 3.1.20 and 5.0 through 10.0, thunderbird esr 10.x before 10.0.3, and seamonkey before 2.8 do not properly restrict setting the home page through the dragging of a url to the home button, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary javascript code with chrome privileges via a javascript: url that is later interpreted in the about:sessionrestore context.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Access Vector: NETWORK
Impact (C/I/A): PARTIAL/PARTIAL/PARTIAL
Published Date: 2012-03-14
Last Modified Date: 2018-01-18
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