Mozilla Firefox prior 1.0 appendChild code injection

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A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser) and classified as very critical. This vulnerability affects the function appendChild. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The appendChild function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.20, Thunderbird 3.x before 3.1.12, SeaMonkey 2.x, and possibly other products does not properly handle DOM objects, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that lead to dereferencing of a "dangling pointer."

The weakness was released 08/18/2011 by regenrecht as Bug 648065 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2011-2378. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/18/2021). This vulnerability is assigned to T1059 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 55862 (CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox / xulrunner (CESA-2011:1164)), 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 119512 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2011:1164)).

Upgrading to version 1.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 11458.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (69232) and Tenable (55862). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 58311, 58310, 58309 and 58308.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.5

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Temp Score: 9.5
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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059

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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 55862
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox / xulrunner (CESA-2011:1164)
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OpenVAS ID: 70230
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2295-1 (iceape)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 648065
Researcher: regenrecht
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-2378 (🔍)
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X-Force: 69232
Vulnerability Center: 32748 - Mozilla Firefox 3-3.2.19 and Thunderbird 3-3.1.11 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability via \x27appendChild()\x27, Critical
SecurityFocus: 49214 - Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 'appendChild()' Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 04:50 PM
Updated: 11/18/2021 02:53 AM
Changes: 03/23/2015 04:50 PM (65), 03/29/2017 06:26 PM (9), 11/18/2021 02:45 AM (4), 11/18/2021 02:53 AM (1)
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