Mozilla SSL spoofing with history.back() and history.forward()
Published Jul 30, 2010
2.6
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.87%
Description
The nsDocShell::OnRedirectStateChange function in docshell/base/nsDocShell.cpp in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x before 3.5.11 and 3.6.x before 3.6.7, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.6, allows remote attackers to spoof the SSL security status of a document via vectors involving multiple requests, a redirect, and the history.back and history.forward JavaScript functions.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 3.5.1
- 3.5.2
- 3.5.3
- 3.5.4
- 3.5.5
- 3.5.6
- 3.5.7
- 3.5.9
- 3.5.10
- 3.6.1
- 3.6.2
- 3.6.3
- 3.6.4
- 3.6.6
Configuration 2
- ≤ 2.0.5
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.7
- 1.0.8
- 1.0.9
- 1.1
- 1.1
- 1.1
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2
- 1.1.3
- 1.1.4
- 1.1.5
- 1.1.6
- 1.1.7
- 1.1.8
- 1.1.9
- 1.1.10
- 1.1.11
- 1.1.12
- 1.1.13
- 1.1.14
- 1.1.15
- 1.1.16
- 1.1.17
- 1.1.18
- 1.1.19
- 1.5.0.8
- 1.5.0.9
- 1.5.0.10
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0a1pre
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.57.el3
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0546
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
firefox-0:3.6.7-2.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0547
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
seamonkey-0:1.0.9-60.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0546
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:3.6.7-2.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0547
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
xulrunner-0:1.9.2.7-2.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0547
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.57.el3 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0546 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | firefox-0:3.6.7-2.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0547 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | seamonkey-0:1.0.9-60.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0546 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:3.6.7-2.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0547 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xulrunner-0:1.9.2.7-2.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0547 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox | Affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.87% (0.01873) | 78.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.87% (0.01873) | 76.57th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.25% (0.00254) | 46.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.28% (0.00284) | 69.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.28% (0.00284) | 67.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.28% (0.00284) | 63.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 59.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 18, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 58.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 56.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 34.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (7)
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-45.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2751 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=536466 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=615480 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2751
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11688 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2751
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-45.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2751 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=536466 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=615480 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2751 | ||
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11688 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2751 |
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