Intrusion PreventionMozilla.Firefox.JavaScript.Html.Escaped.Surrogates.XSS
Description
This indicates an attack attempt against a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox.
The vulnerability is caused by an error when the HTML parser handles a specially crafted web page. It allows a remote attacker to bypass cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanisms and cause XSS attacks.
Affected Products
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1 and previous versions
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.16 and previous versions
Impact
Security Bypass: Remote attackers can bypass security checking of vulnerable systems.
Recommended Actions
Update to the latest versions:
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/
Telemetry
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
| ID | 17918 |
| Created | Nov 24, 2009 |
| Updated | Nov 15, 2021 |
| Risk |
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| CVE ID | CVE-2008-4066 |
| Exploit Prediction Score | 95.86% |
| Default Action | drop |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | Windows, Linux |
| Affected App | Mozilla |