Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1 Address Bar authentication spoofing

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5.3$5k-$25k0.00

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1 (Web Browser). This affects an unknown code of the component Address Bar. 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:

Firefox 1.5.0.1 allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar and possibly conduct phishing attacks by re-opening the window to a malicious Shockwave Flash application, then changing the window location back to a trusted URL while the Flash application is still loading. NOTE: a followup was unable to replicate this issue.

The weakness was presented 04/06/2006 by Hai Nam Luke (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-1650 since 04/06/2006. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. 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 07/22/2018).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (25634). See 2126 and 2293 for similar entries.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
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Class: Authentication spoofing
CWE: CWE-290 / CWE-287
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Remote: Yes

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03/12/2015 +3262 days 🔍
07/22/2018 +1228 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: securityfocus.com
Researcher: Hai Nam Luke
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-1650 (🔍)
X-Force: 25634 - Microsoft Internet Explorer .swf address bar spoofing
SecurityFocus: 17404 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability
Secunia: 19521 - Internet Explorer Window Loading Race Condition Vulnerability, Moderately Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 07/22/2018 10:05
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (50), 07/22/2018 10:05 (10)
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