PT-2011-5034 · Mozilla · Firefox

Published 2011-12-07 · Updated 2017-09-19 · CVE-2011-4688

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox versions 8.0.1 and earlier

Description The issue allows remote attackers to determine whether a document exists in the browser cache via crafted JavaScript code, making it easier for them to gather information about the browser's cache. This is achieved by not preventing the capture of data about the times of Same Origin Policy violations during IFRAME loading attempts.

Recommendations For Mozilla Firefox versions 8.0.1 and earlier, update to a version later than 8.0.1 to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-4688

Affected Products

Firefox

References · 4

• 🔥 http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/cachetime · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4688 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/47090 · Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13770 · Note