Mozilla Firefox up to 2.0.0.14 improper authentication

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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.15 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.10 do not properly implement JAR signing, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) injection of JavaScript into documents within a JAR archive or (2) a JAR archive that uses relative URLs to JavaScript files.

The bug was discovered 07/02/2008. The weakness was shared 07/07/2008 with Mozilla (Website). The advisory is shared at redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-2801 since 06/20/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 33399 (CentOS 3 / 4 : seamonkey (CESA-2008:0547)), 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 115851 (Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 2.0.0.8 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (43545) and Tenable (33399). The entries 3756, 3757, 3758 and 3759 are related to this item.

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Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 33399
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 / 4 : seamonkey (CESA-2008:0547)
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OpenVAS ID: 61282
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1607-1 (iceweasel)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 2.0.0.8

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: redhat.com
Organization: Mozilla
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-2801 (🔍)
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X-Force: 43545
SecurityTracker: 1020419
Vulnerability Center: 18717 - Mozilla Firefox < 2.0.0.15 and SeaMonkey < 1.1.10 Allows JavaScript Injection in Signed JARs Context, Medium
SecurityFocus: 30038 - Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.14 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 30878
OSVDB: 46684 - CVE-2008-2801 - Mozilla - Firefox and SeaMonkey - Code Execution Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-1993

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Created: 03/17/2015 12:19
Updated: 08/12/2019 09:57
Changes: 03/17/2015 12:19 (74), 08/12/2019 09:57 (12)
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