Mozilla Thunderbird up to 52.5.1 RSS Feed injection

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 52.5.1 (Mail Client Software). This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component RSS Feed Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-74. The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

It is possible to execute JavaScript in the parsed RSS feed when RSS feed is viewed as a website, e.g. via "View -> Feed article -> Website" or in the standard format of "View -> Feed article -> default format". This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.5.2.

The bug was discovered 12/22/2017. The weakness was released 06/11/2018 by Sabri Haddouche with Cure53 as Bug 1411716 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-7846 since 04/12/2017. 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. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1055 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 105450 (FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (6a09c80e-6ec7-442a-bc65-d72ce69fd887)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370698 (Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities (mfsa2017-30)).

Upgrading to version 52.5.2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (105450) and SecurityFocus (BID 102258†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-119335, VDB-119350, VDB-119352 and VDB-119353. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

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Class: Injection
CWE: CWE-74 / CWE-707 / CWE-20
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 105450
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (6a09c80e-6ec7-442a-bc65-d72ce69fd887)
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OpenVAS ID: 864273
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 4075-1 (thunderbird - security update)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Thunderbird 52.5.2

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12/22/2017 +254 days 🔍
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06/11/2018 +166 days 🔍
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03/22/2023 +1744 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 1411716
Researcher: Sabri Haddouche
Organization: Cure53
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-7846 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-7846
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-119351

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SecurityFocus: 102258 - Mozilla Thunderbird Prior to 52.5.2 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1040123

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/12/2018 08:58 AM
Updated: 03/22/2023 02:09 PM
Changes: 06/12/2018 08:58 AM (80), 02/18/2020 08:49 AM (6), 03/22/2023 02:09 PM (4)
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