Mozilla Firefox up to 1.5 valueOf access control

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A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 1.5 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function valueOf. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 1.x before 1.5 and 1.0.x before 1.0.8, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.0 does not properly protect the compilation scope of privileged built-in XBL bindings, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the (1) valueOf.call or (2) valueOf.apply methods of an XBL binding, or (3) "by inserting an XBL method into the DOM s document.body prototype chain."

The weakness was shared 04/13/2006 by Georgi Guninski (moz_bug_r_a4) with TippingPoint and the Zero Day Initiative as MFSA2006-16 as not defined advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at mozilla.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-1733 since 04/12/2006. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21993 (CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2006:0328)), 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 117722 (CentOS Security Update for Firefox (CESA-2006:0328)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at mozilla.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 3977.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (25817), Tenable (21993), SecurityFocus (BID 17516†), Secunia (SA19631†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-11222†).

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 21993
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2006:0328)
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OpenVAS ID: 56664
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1044-1 (mozilla-firefox)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2006-16
Researcher: Georgi Guninski (moz_bug_r_a4)
Organization: TippingPoint and the Zero Day Initiative
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2006-1733 (🔍)
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X-Force: 25817 - Multiple Mozilla products XBL binding valueOf.call and valueOf.apply code execution, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 17516 - Mozilla Suite, Firefox, SeaMonkey, and Thunderbird Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 19631 - Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
Vulnerability Center: 11222 - Various Mozilla Web Browsers Remote Code Execution via Built-in XBL Bindings, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-1356

Entryinfo

Created: 04/18/2006 03:02 PM
Updated: 03/12/2021 05:59 PM
Changes: 04/18/2006 03:02 PM (89), 01/31/2018 09:52 AM (8), 03/12/2021 05:59 PM (3)
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Cache ID: 35:5F5:40

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