CVE-2010-0178

Firefox Chrome privilege escalation via forced URL drag and drop

Published Apr 5, 2010 CVSS 2.0 · 7.6 High EPSS 3.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.19, 3.5.x before 3.5.9, and 3.6.x before 3.6.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.4, does not prevent applets from interpreting mouse clicks as drag-and-drop actions, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with Chrome privileges by loading a chrome: URL and then loading a javascript: URL.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2027-1 New xulrunner packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-0209 Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.19, 3.5.x before 3.5.9, and 3.6.x before 3.6.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.4, does not prevent applets from interpreting mouse clicks as drag-and-drop actions, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with Chrome privileges by loading a chrome: URL and then loading a javascript: URL.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-920-1 Firefox 3.0 and Xulrunner vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-921-1 Firefox 3.5 and Xulrunner vulnerabilities
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 12:37 AM
Reserved
Jan 6, 2010, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 5, 2010, 5:30 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:15 PM
Severity
Critical
Public date
Mar 30, 2010, 12:00 AM