Summary
The host is installed with Mozilla Firefox browser and is prone to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability.
Impact
Successful remote attack result in injection of arbitrary web script or HTML code.
Impact Level: Application
Solution
No solution or patch was made available for at least one year since disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore.
General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.
For updates refer to http://www.mozilla.org/en-US
Insight
The flaw is due to the way browser handles web script or html via ftp://URL for an html document within a JPG, PDF, or TXT files.
Affected
Firefox version 3.0.1 to 3.0.3 on Windows.
References
Updated on 2017-03-28
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-4723 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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