Mozilla Firefox up to 3.1 Access Restriction access control

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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.1 (Web Browser). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Access Restriction. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.11, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey do not check content policy before loading a script file into a XUL document, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted HTML document, as demonstrated by a "web bug" in an e-mail message, or web script or an advertisement in a web page.

The bug was discovered 06/12/2009. The weakness was disclosed 06/12/2009 by Gregory Fleischer (Alex) with Microsoft (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-1840 since 05/29/2009. 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. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 43755 (CentOS 5 : firefox (CESA-2009:1095)), 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 116484 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2009:1095-1)).

Upgrading to version 3.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 7 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 6825.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (51076) and Tenable (43755). The entries 48599, 48598, 48596 and 48595 are pretty similar.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Nessus ID: 43755
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 : firefox (CESA-2009:1095)
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OpenVAS ID: 64254
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1820-1 (xulrunner)
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Upgrade: Firefox 3.0
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: Gregory Fleischer (Alex)
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-1840 (🔍)
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X-Force: 51076
SecurityTracker: 1022379
Vulnerability Center: 22529 - Mozilla Firefox < 3.0.11 XUL Document Remote Bypass Restrictions Vulnerability, Critical
SecurityFocus: 35326 - RETIRED: Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey MFSA 2009-24 through 32 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 35331
OSVDB: 55158 - Mozilla Multiple Products XUL Document Script Loading Content Policy Bypass
Vupen: ADV-2009-1572

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Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 09/06/2019 08:07
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (83), 09/06/2019 08:07 (10)
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