7.6
HIGH
CVE-2010-0178
Mozilla Firefox Java Drag-and-Drop Privilege Escalation
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.

INFO

Published Date :

April 5, 2010, 5:30 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 11, 2025, 12:51 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

4.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2010-0178 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mozilla firefox
2 Mozilla seamonkey
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2010-0178.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/39136 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39240 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39243 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39308 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39397 Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023776
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-921-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2027
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:070
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-20.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0332.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0748
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0764 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0781
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0849
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=546909
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57391
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10460
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6975
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/39136 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39240 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39243 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39308 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39397 Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023776
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-921-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2027
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:070
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-20.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0332.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0748
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0764 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0781
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0849
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=546909
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57391
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10460
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6975

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2010-0178 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2010-0178 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/39136
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/39240
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/39243
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/39308
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/39397
    Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1023776
    Added Reference http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-921-1
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2027
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:070
    Added Reference http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-20.html
    Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0332.html
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0748
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0764
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0781
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0849
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=546909
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57391
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10460
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6975
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1:*:beta:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 19, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10460 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6975 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6975 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10460 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 17, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/57391 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57391 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 06, 2010

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2010-0178 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2010-0178 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

3.98 }} -5.61%

score

0.87316

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
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