Mozilla Firefox up to 13.0 Drag / Drop Feature authentication spoofing
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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). This issue affects an unknown code of the component Drag / Drop Feature. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication spoofing vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-290. This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:
The drag-and-drop implementation in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 13.0 and Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.6 allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar by canceling a page load.
The weakness was released 07/17/2012 by Mario Gomes with Code Audit Labs as MFSA 2012-43 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. The public release was coordinated with Mozilla. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-1950 since 03/30/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 802892 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 120366 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2012:1088)).
Upgrading to version 14 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at mozilla.org. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (76977) and Tenable (802892). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 5668, 5669, 5670 and 5671.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Authentication spoofingCWE: CWE-290 / CWE-287
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Access: Private
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 802892
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OpenVAS ID: 71490
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2514-1 (iceweasel)
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Upgrade: Firefox 14
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Sources
Vendor: mozilla.orgProduct: mozilla.org
Advisory: MFSA 2012-43
Researcher: Mario Gomes
Organization: Code Audit Labs
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-1950 (🔍)
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X-Force: 76977
SecurityTracker: 1027256 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Spoof Web Sites, Obtain Information, and Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
Vulnerability Center: 35681 - Mozilla Firefox 4.0 - 13.0 and Firefox ESR 10.0 - 10.0.5 Allows Spoofing, Medium
SecurityFocus: 54580 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/Seamonkey MFSA 2012-42 Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 49964 - Debian update for iceweasel, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 84008
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 07/25/2012 16:27Updated: 01/31/2018 09:54
Changes: 07/25/2012 16:27 (81), 01/31/2018 09:54 (13)
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