Mozilla Firefox 4.0/4.0.1/5.0/6.0 Access Restriction access control

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4.3$5k-$25k0.14

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 4.0/4.0.1/5.0/6.0 (Web Browser). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown code of the component Access Restriction. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 6, Thunderbird before 7.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.4 do not prevent manual add-on installation in response to the holding of the Enter key, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted web site that triggers an unspecified internal error.

The weakness was released 09/28/2011 by Mariusz Mlynski as Bug 672485 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2011-3001 since 08/01/2011. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 11/20/2021). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 56323 (FreeBSD : Mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (1fade8a3-e9e8-11e0-9580-4061862b8c22)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 119622 (Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey, Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities (MFSA-2011-36 through MFSA-2011-45)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (56323). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 58781, 58780, 58778 and 58777.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Nessus ID: 56323
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : Mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (1fade8a3-e9e8-11e0-9580-4061862b8c22)
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OpenVAS ID: 70413
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 672485
Researcher: Mariusz Mlynski
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-3001 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 33355 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey Remote Security Bypass Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 49837 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey Enter Key Dialog Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 46315 - SUSE update for MozillaThunderbird, Highly Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/20/2021 20:16
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (64), 04/02/2017 14:06 (13), 11/20/2021 20:16 (3)
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