Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0 authentication spoofing

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0 (Web Browser). This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication spoofing vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-290. This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Firefox before 1.0.1 and Mozilla before 1.7.6 truncates long sub-domains or paths for display, which may allow remote malicious web sites to spoof legitimate sites and facilitate phishing attacks.

The weakness was presented 03/25/2005 as MFSA2005-23 as not defined advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-0585. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21930 (CentOS 3 : mozilla (CESA-2005:384)), 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 117973 (CentOS Security Update for Mozilla (CESA-2005:384)).

Upgrading to version 1.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (18742) and Tenable (21930). See 921, 949, 1115 and 1185 for similar entries.

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Class: Authentication spoofing
CWE: CWE-290 / CWE-287
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 21930
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 : mozilla (CESA-2005:384)
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OpenVAS ID: 54875
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200503-10 (Firefox)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.1

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01/04/2005 🔍
02/28/2005 +54 days 🔍
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03/25/2005 +8 days 🔍
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03/10/2015 +3637 days 🔍
07/01/2021 +2305 days 🔍

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Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2005-23
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-0585 (🔍)
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X-Force: 18742
Vulnerability Center: 7348 - Mozilla and Mozilla Firefox Allow Spoofing File Download Dialog, Low
SecurityFocus: 12153
Secunia: 13717

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Created: 03/10/2015 15:27
Updated: 07/01/2021 14:43
Changes: 03/10/2015 15:27 (69), 01/31/2018 09:55 (1), 07/01/2021 14:42 (4), 07/01/2021 14:43 (1)
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