Mozilla Firefox prior 3.0 code injection

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A vulnerability classified as very critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). This affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.20, SeaMonkey 2.x, Thunderbird 3.x before 3.1.12, and possibly other products does not properly handle the dropping of a tab element, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges by establishing a content area and registering for drop events.

The weakness was released 08/18/2011 by Rafael Gieschke (TippingPoint) with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative as Bug 572129 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2011-2984. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/18/2021). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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 3.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (69233) and Tenable (55862). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 58320, 58319, 58318 and 58317.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
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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 3.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 572129
Researcher: Rafael Gieschke (TippingPoint)
Organization: TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-2984 (🔍)
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X-Force: 69233
Vulnerability Center: 32749 - Mozilla Firefox 3-3.2.19 and Thunderbird 3-3.1.11 Remote Code Execution when Dropping Tab Element, Critical
SecurityFocus: 49166 - RETIRED: Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey MFSA 2011-29 through -30 Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/18/2021 04:21
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (63), 03/29/2017 18:26 (11), 11/18/2021 04:06 (4), 11/18/2021 04:21 (1)
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