Mozilla Firefox prior 1.0.9 input validation

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). Affected is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.19 and 3.6.x before 3.6.17, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.14, does not properly implement autocompletion for forms, which allows remote attackers to read form history entries via a Java applet that spoofs interaction with the autocomplete controls.

The weakness was published 05/07/2011 by Martin Barbella (regenrecht) with Apple Product Security as Bug 527935 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2011-0067. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 53598 (CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2011:0471)), 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 119220 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2011:0471)).

Upgrading to version 1.0.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (67180) and Tenable (53598). Similar entries are available at 57373, 57372, 57370 and 57369.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 53598
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2011:0471)
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OpenVAS ID: 69570
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2227-1 (iceape)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.9

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03/23/2015 +1416 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 527935
Researcher: Martin Barbella (regenrecht)
Organization: Apple Product Security
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-0067 (🔍)
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X-Force: 67180
Vulnerability Center: 31285 - Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey \x27Form Autocomplete\x27 Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 47635 - RETIRED: Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey MFSA 2011-12 through -18 Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/06/2021 01:30
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (63), 03/22/2017 09:33 (11), 11/06/2021 01:23 (4), 11/06/2021 01:30 (1)
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