Mozilla Firefox prior 1.0.9 memory corruption

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
6.6$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Mozilla Firefox. This impacts an unknown function. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-3983. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.16 and 3.5.x before 3.5.6, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.1, allows remote attackers to send authenticated requests to arbitrary applications by replaying the NTLM credentials of a browser user.

The weakness was released 12/17/2009 with IBM X-Force (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-3983 since 11/19/2009. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 43355 (CentOS 4 : seamonkey (CESA-2009:1673)), 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 165665 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update Mozilla Firefox (SUSE-SA:2009:063)).

Upgrading to version 1.0.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (54807), Tenable (43355), SecurityFocus (BID 37366†), Secunia (SA37699†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1023340†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-4073, VDB-51185, VDB-51184 and VDB-51183. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Vendor

Name

Version

License

Website

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.6
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Proof-of-Concept

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Nessus ID: 43355
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 : seamonkey (CESA-2009:1673)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 66594
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1956-1 (xulrunner)
OpenVAS File: 🔍
OpenVAS Family: 🔍

Qualys ID: 🔍
Qualys Name: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.9

Timelineinfo

11/19/2009 🔍
12/15/2009 +26 days 🔍
12/15/2009 +0 days 🔍
12/16/2009 +1 days 🔍
12/16/2009 +0 days 🔍
12/17/2009 +1 days 🔍
12/17/2009 +0 days 🔍
12/20/2009 +3 days 🔍
03/18/2015 +1914 days 🔍
08/30/2021 +2357 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Organization: IBM X-Force
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2009-3983 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-3983
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-51181

OVAL: 🔍

X-Force: 54807
SecurityFocus: 37366 - Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey NTLM Credential Reflection Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 37699 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1023340 - Mozilla Firefox NTLM Implementation Flaw Lets Remote Users Conduct Authentication Reflection Attacks
Vulnerability Center: 24396 - Mozilla SeaMonkey < 2.0.1 and Mozilla Firefox Remote Unauthorized Access Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-3547

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 03:15 PM
Updated: 08/30/2021 07:29 AM
Changes: 03/18/2015 03:15 PM (64), 02/18/2017 09:34 AM (18), 08/30/2021 07:29 AM (3)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 244:3BA:40

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Do you need the next level of professionalism?

Upgrade your account now!