Mozilla Firefox up to 0.10 right-click unknown vulnerability

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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 0.10 (Web Browser) and classified as problematic. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox before 0.10.1 allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files in the download directory via a crafted data: URI that is not properly handled when the user clicks the Save button.

The bug was discovered 09/15/2004. The weakness was published 09/29/2004 by Alex Vincent as Bug 259708 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-2225. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a exploit are known.

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 14 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 15408 (Firefox < 0.10.1 Download Directory Arbitrary File Deletion), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows.

Upgrading to version 0.10.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (17585) and Tenable (15408).

Productinfo

Type

Web Browser

Vendor

Mozilla

Name

Firefox

Version

License

open-source

CPE 2.3info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Unknown
CWE: Unknown
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 15408
Nessus Name: Firefox < 0.10.1 Download Directory Arbitrary File Deletion
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 0.10.1
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Timelineinfo

09/15/2004 🔍
09/15/2004 +0 days 🔍
09/29/2004 +13 days 🔍
10/02/2004 +2 days 🔍
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07/17/2005 +197 days 🔍
03/09/2015 +3522 days 🔍
06/30/2021 +2305 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 259708
Researcher: Alex Vincent
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2004-2225 (🔍)
X-Force: 17585
Vulnerability Center: 5514 - Firefox Web Browser Allows Code Execution, Medium
SecurityFocus: 11311 - Mozilla Firefox DATA URI File Deletion Vulnerability
Secunia: 12708
OSVDB: 10478 - Mozilla Firefox Download Directory Arbitrary File Deletion

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/09/2015 16:19
Updated: 06/30/2021 20:17
Changes: 03/09/2015 16:19 (72), 05/02/2019 07:10 (5), 06/30/2021 20:10 (3), 06/30/2021 20:17 (1)
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