Mozilla Firefox 27.0 Popup Blocker nsHTMLDocument::Open access control

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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 27.0 (Web Browser). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function nsHTMLDocument::Open of the component Popup Blocker. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Mozilla Firefox before 28.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.4, Thunderbird before 24.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.25 allow remote attackers to bypass the popup blocker via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was disclosed 03/18/2014 by Mariusz Mlynski as MFSA2014-29 as confirmed advisory (Website) via Pwn2Own Contest. The advisory is available at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-1511 since 01/16/2014. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

A public exploit has been developed in Ruby. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 73084 (CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox (CESA-2014:0310)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 121853 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2014:0310)).

Upgrading to version 28 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The advisory contains the following remark:

Fixed in: Firefox 28, Firefox ESR 24.4, Thunderbird 24.4, Seamonkey 2.25
Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 16748.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (91874), Exploit-DB (34448), Tenable (73084), SecurityFocus (BID 66207†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1029928†). bugzilla.mozilla.org is providing further details. The entries VDB-12646, VDB-12647, VDB-12648 and VDB-12649 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Affected

  • Mozilla Firefox 27.0
  • Mozilla Firefox ESR 24.3
  • Mozilla Seamonkey 2.24
  • Mozilla Thunderbird 24.3.0

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Nessus ID: 73084
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox (CESA-2014:0310)
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OpenVAS ID: 702881
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2881-1 (iceweasel - security update
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MetaSploit ID: firefox_xpi_bootstrapped_addon.rb
MetaSploit Name: Mozilla Firefox Bootstrapped Addon Social Engineering Code Execution
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 28
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Timelineinfo

01/16/2014 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2014-29
Researcher: Mariusz Mlynski
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-1511 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-1511
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-12662

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X-Force: 91874 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and Seamonkey popup-blocker security bypass, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 66207 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey CVE-2014-1511 Security Bypass Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1029928 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Bugs Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges and Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Deny Service, and Obtain Information
Vulnerability Center: 43625 - Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Remote Popup Blocking Mechanism Bypass - CVE-2014-1511, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/20/2014 12:03 PM
Updated: 12/24/2024 02:39 AM
Changes: 03/20/2014 12:03 PM (92), 01/31/2018 09:55 AM (10), 06/16/2021 07:50 AM (2), 06/16/2021 07:56 AM (11), 06/16/2021 08:03 AM (1), 12/24/2024 02:39 AM (16)
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