Mozilla Firefox up to 3.0.4 access control

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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities 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 allow remote attackers to run arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via unknown vectors in which "page content can pollute XPCNativeWrappers."

The weakness was shared 12/17/2008 by Jesse Ruderman (moz_bug_r_a4) as Bug 464174 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-5512 since 12/12/2008. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 43721 (CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2008:1036)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS 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 (47416) and Tenable (43721). The entries 45575, 45573, 45572 and 45571 are related to this item.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 43721
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2008:1036)
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OpenVAS ID: 63143
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1696-1 (icedove)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.9

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 464174
Researcher: Jesse Ruderman (moz_bug_r_a4)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-5512 (🔍)
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X-Force: 47416
SecurityTracker: 1021418 - Mozilla Firefox Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Scripting Code
Vulnerability Center: 20269 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey XPCNativeWrappers Pollution Remote Code Execution, 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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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/03/2021 17:19
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (67), 04/13/2017 12:26 (19), 08/03/2021 17:19 (3)
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