Summary
The host is installed with Mozilla Firefox/Seamonkey/Thunderbird and is prone to insecure library loading vulnerability.
Impact
Successful exploitation will allow the attackers to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks.
Impact Level: Application
Solution
Upgrade Thunderbird to 3.1.3 or later
Upgrade SeaMonkey to 2.0.7 or later
Upgrade Firefox 3.6.9 or later
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird
Insight
The flaw is due to the application insecurely loading certain librairies from the current working directory, which could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a file.
Affected
Thunderbird version 3.1.2
SeaMonkey version 2.0.6
Firefox version 3.6.8 and prior on Windows.
References
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2010-3131 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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