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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird up to 2.0.12 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a link following vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-59. The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

GUI overlay vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.13 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.9 allows remote attackers to spoof form elements and redirect user inputs via a borderless XUL pop-up window from a background tab.

The bug was discovered 03/25/2008. The weakness was presented 03/27/2008 by Gregory Fleischer (moz_bug_r_a4) with Mozilla Developers (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-1241 since 03/10/2008. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly 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 31684 (CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2008:0207)), 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 165678 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update Mozilla Firefox (SUSE-SA:2008:019)).

Upgrading to version 1.1.8 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41454) and Tenable (31684). See 3645, 38765, 40968 and 41733 for similar entries.

Productinfo

Type

• Web Browser

Vendor

• Mozilla

Name

• Firefox
• Thunderbird

Version

• 2.0.0
• 2.0.1
• 2.0.2
• 2.0.3
• 2.0.4
• 2.0.5
• 2.0.6
• 2.0.7
• 2.0.8
• 2.0.9
• 2.0.10
• 2.0.11
• 2.0.12

License

• open-source

CPE 2.3info

• 🔍
• 🔍
• 🔍

CPE 2.2info

• 🔍
• 🔍
• 🔍

CVSSv4info

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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

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Link following
CWE: CWE-59
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 31684
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2008:0207)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Context: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 60653
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1532-1 (xulrunner)
OpenVAS File: 🔍
OpenVAS Family: 🔍

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Upgrade: Firefox/Thunderbird 1.1.8

Timelineinfo

03/10/2008 🔍
03/25/2008 +15 days 🔍
03/25/2008 +0 days 🔍
03/26/2008 +1 days 🔍
03/26/2008 +0 days 🔍
03/27/2008 +1 days 🔍
03/27/2008 +0 days 🔍
03/27/2008 +0 days 🔍
03/27/2008 +0 days 🔍
03/28/2008 +1 days 🔍
03/28/2008 +0 days 🔍
03/16/2015 +2544 days 🔍
08/07/2019 +1605 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Gregory Fleischer (moz_bug_r_a4)
Organization: Mozilla Developers
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2008-1241 (🔍)
OVAL: 🔍

X-Force: 41454
SecurityTracker: 1019700
Vulnerability Center: 18040 - Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey XUL Popup Spoofing Variant (Cross-Tab Popups), Medium
SecurityFocus: 28448 - Mozilla Thunderbird/Seamonkey/Firefox 2.0.0.12 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 29391 - Red Hat update for seamonkey, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 43846 - CVE-2008-1241 - Mozilla - Firefox And SeaMonkey - GUI Overlay Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-0998

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 08/07/2019 20:57
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (88), 08/07/2019 20:57 (4)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 18:A46:103

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