Mozilla Firefox 25.0.1 on Linux Selection Paste Clipboard information disclosure
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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 25.0.1 on Linux (Web Browser). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Selection Paste Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Clipboard). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:
Mozilla Firefox before 26.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.23 on Linux allow user-assisted remote attackers to read clipboard data by leveraging certain middle-click paste operations.
The weakness was disclosed 07/16/2013 by Vincent Lefevre as MFSA2013-112 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mozilla.org. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with Mozilla. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-6672 since 11/05/2013. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 71365 (Fedora 19 : firefox-26.0-2.fc19 / xulrunner-26.0-1.fc19 (2013-23127)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 195893 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Firefox Vulnerabilities (USN-2052-1)).
Upgrading to version 26 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 6 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (89598) and Tenable (71365). The entries 11449, 11451, 11452 and 11460 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Exploiting
Name: ClipboardClass: Information disclosure / Clipboard
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 71365
Nessus Name: Fedora 19 : firefox-26.0-2.fc19 / xulrunner-26.0-1.fc19 (2013-23127)
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OpenVAS ID: 803463
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 Dec13 (Windows)
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Upgrade: Firefox 26
Timeline
07/16/2013 🔍07/16/2013 🔍
11/05/2013 🔍
12/10/2013 🔍
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12/11/2013 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: mozilla.orgProduct: mozilla.org
Advisory: MFSA2013-112
Researcher: Vincent Lefevre
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-6672 (🔍)
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X-Force: 89598
SecurityTracker: 1029470
Vulnerability Center: 42588 - Mozilla Firefox Before 26.0 and SeaMonkey Before 2.23 on Linux Remote Information Disclosure via Selection Paste, Medium
SecurityFocus: 64210
OSVDB: 100805
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 12/12/2013 08:57Updated: 06/03/2021 02:16
Changes: 12/12/2013 08:57 (85), 01/31/2018 09:55 (2), 06/03/2021 02:08 (2), 06/03/2021 02:16 (1)
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