Detections
Analytics
CVE-2010-1585
critical
Description
The nsIScriptableUnescapeHTML.parseFragment method in the ParanoidFragmentSink protection mechanism in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.17 and 3.6.x before 3.6.14, Thunderbird before 3.1.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.12 does not properly sanitize HTML in a chrome document, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via a javascript: URI in input to an extension, as demonstrated by a javascript:alert sequence in (1) the HREF attribute of an A element or (2) the ACTION attribute of a FORM element.
References
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12532
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=562547
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/510883/100/0/threaded
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-08.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:042
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:041
http://wizzrss.blat.co.za/2009/11/17/so-much-for-nsiscriptableunescapehtmlparsefragment/