Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0.1 HTML Link Table authentication spoofing
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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3.0 | $5k-$25k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0.1 (Web Browser). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown functionality of the component HTML Link Table Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication spoofing vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-290. This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.1 and possibly other versions, including Mozilla and Thunderbird, allows remote attackers to spoof the URL in the Status Bar via an A HREF tag that contains a TABLE tag that contains another A tag.
The bug was discovered 03/15/2005. The weakness was published 03/14/2005 by bitlance winter (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-4809 since 08/29/2006. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for 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 pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/01/2019).
After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at mozilla.com. 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 X-Force (19540). Similar entry is available at VDB-24526.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.1VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.0
VulDB Base Score: 3.1
VulDB Temp Score: 3.0
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Authentication spoofingCWE: CWE-290 / CWE-287
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
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Patch: mozilla.com
Timeline
03/01/2005 🔍03/13/2005 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: mozilla.orgProduct: mozilla.org
Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: bitlance winter
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2005-4809 (🔍)
X-Force: 19540 - Mozilla "Save Link As" download dialog spoofing, Medium Risk
SecurityTracker: 1013423
Vulnerability Center: 13025 - Multiple Mozilla Web-Browsers Status Bar URL Spoofing, Medium
SecurityFocus: 12798 - Mozilla Suite/Firefox/Thunderbird Nested Anchor Tag Status Bar Spoofing Weakness
Secunia: 14568 - Mozilla "Save Link Target As..." Status Bar Spoofing Weakness, Not Critical
OSVDB: 14885 - Mozilla Firefox Embedded Table Link Status Bar Content Spoofing
Vupen: ADV-2005-0260
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Entry
Created: 03/21/2005 10:10Updated: 07/01/2019 17:45
Changes: 03/21/2005 10:10 (79), 07/01/2019 17:45 (7)
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