Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0.6 User Interface authentication spoofing

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
4.8$0-$5k0.00

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0.6 (Web Browser). Affected is some unknown functionality of the component User Interface. 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. CVE summarizes:

Firefox before 1.0.7 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.12 allows remote attackers to spawn windows without user interface components such as the address and status bar, which could be used to conduct spoofing or phishing attacks.

The bug was discovered 09/21/2005. The weakness was released 09/23/2005 (Website). The advisory is available at redhat.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-2707 since 08/26/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21963 (CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2005:785)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115281 (Multiple Vulnerabilities in Firefox and Mozilla Suite (Mozilla Foundation MFSA 2005-58)).

Upgrading to version 1.0.7 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 31016.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (22380) and Tenable (21963). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 779, 1326, 1757 and 1758.

Productinfo

Type

Vendor

Name

Version

License

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍
VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

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

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
unlockunlockunlockunlockunlockunlock
unlockunlockunlockunlockunlockunlock
unlockunlockunlockunlockunlockunlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Authentication spoofing
CWE: CWE-290 / CWE-287
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Proof-of-Concept

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Dayunlockunlockunlockunlock
Todayunlockunlockunlockunlock

Nessus ID: 21963
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2005:785)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Context: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 55515
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 838-1 (mozilla-firefox)
OpenVAS File: 🔍
OpenVAS Family: 🔍

Qualys ID: 🔍
Qualys Name: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

Reaction Time: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Exposure Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.7
TippingPoint: 🔍

McAfee IPS: 🔍
McAfee IPS Version: 🔍

Timelineinfo

08/26/2005 🔍
09/21/2005 +26 days 🔍
09/22/2005 +1 days 🔍
09/23/2005 +1 days 🔍
09/23/2005 +0 days 🔍
09/23/2005 +0 days 🔍
09/23/2005 +0 days 🔍
10/19/2005 +26 days 🔍
11/18/2005 +30 days 🔍
07/05/2006 +229 days 🔍
03/11/2015 +3171 days 🔍
06/10/2019 +1552 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: redhat.com
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2005-2707 (🔍)
OVAL: 🔍

X-Force: 22380
SecurityTracker: 1014954
Vulnerability Center: 9432 - Firefox<1.0.7 \x26 Mozilla <1.7.12 Allow Spoofing \x26 Phishing, Medium
SecurityFocus: 15495 - SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7 Maintenance Pack 4 Released - Multiple Vulnerabilities Fixed
Secunia: 16911 - Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 19649 - Mozilla Browser . Firefox - Chrome Window Spoofing Issue
Vupen: ADV-2005-1824

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/10/2019 13:01
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (81), 06/10/2019 13:01 (11)
Complete: 🔍

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Do you want to use VulDB in your project?

Use the official API to access entries easily!