Mozilla Firefox 1.0 .lnk File Remote Code Execution

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Mozilla Firefox 1.0 (Web Browser). This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component .lnk File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote code execution vulnerability. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

String handling functions in Mozilla 1.7.3, Firefox 1.0, and Thunderbird before 1.0.2, such as the nsTSubstring_CharT::Replace function, do not properly check the return values of other functions that resize the string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code by forcing an out-of-memory state that causes a reallocation to fail and return a pointer to a fixed address, which leads to heap corruption.

The weakness was disclosed 03/01/2005 by Masayuki Nakano (taviso) with Mozilla as MFSA2005-28 as not defined advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at mozilla.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-0255 since 02/09/2005. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 03/10/2021).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 17270 (RHEL 4 : mozilla (RHSA-2005:277)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at mozilla.org. The problem might be mitigated by replacing the product with as an alternative. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be establishing an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (17270). The entries 1258, 1257, 1261 and 1253 are pretty similar.

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Class: Remote Code Execution
CWE: Unknown
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 17270
Nessus Name: RHEL 4 : mozilla (RHSA-2005:277)
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OpenVAS ID: 54875
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200503-10 (Firefox)
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Patch: mozilla.org

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2005-28
Researcher: Masayuki Nakano (taviso)
Organization: Mozilla
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-0255 (🔍)
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SecurityFocus: 12659 - Mozilla Suite Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 14407 - Mozilla / Firefox / Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical

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Created: 03/08/2005 12:03
Updated: 03/10/2021 16:32
Changes: 03/08/2005 12:03 (68), 09/26/2016 09:13 (7), 03/10/2021 16:29 (8), 03/10/2021 16:32 (1)
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