Mozilla Firefox up to 3.0.4 CSS Parser unknown vulnerability

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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component CSS Parser. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

The CSS parser in Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5 and 2.x before 2.0.0.19, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.19, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.14 ignores the \0 escaped null character, which might allow remote attackers to bypass protection mechanisms such as sanitization routines.

The weakness was disclosed 12/17/2008 by Jesse Ruderman (moz_bug_r_a4) as Bug 228856 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-5510 since 12/12/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 65114 (Ubuntu 6.06 LTS : firefox vulnerabilities (USN-717-3)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165625 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update Mozilla (SUSE-SA:2009:002)).

Upgrading to version 1.0.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (47415) and Tenable (65114). The entries 45575, 45574, 45573 and 45571 are pretty similar.

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Class: Unknown
CWE: Unknown
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 65114
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS : firefox vulnerabilities (USN-717-3)
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OpenVAS ID: 63220
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1707-1 (iceweasel)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.9
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 228856
Researcher: Jesse Ruderman (moz_bug_r_a4)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-5510 (🔍)
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X-Force: 47415
SecurityTracker: 1021425 - Mozilla Firefox CSS Parser Does Not Properly Parse Null Characters
Vulnerability Center: 20268 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey CSS Parser Remote Bypass Restrictions Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 32882 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 33231 - Ubuntu update for firefox, Highly Critical
Vupen: ADV-2009-0977

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/03/2021 17:03
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (69), 04/13/2017 12:26 (19), 08/03/2021 17:03 (2)
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