Mozilla Firefox 35 Mozilla Updater updater.exe untrusted search path
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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 35 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality in the library bcrypt.dll of the file updater.exe of the component Mozilla Updater. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a untrusted search path vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-426. The product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product's direct control. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was shared 02/24/2015 by Holger Fuhrmannek as MFSA 2015-12 as confirmed security advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-0833 since 01/07/2015. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 03/10/2022). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1574.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 81588 (FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (99029172-8253-407d-9d8b-2cfeab9abf81)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115070 (Mozilla Firefox / Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities (MFSA 2015-46 to MFSA 2015-58)).
Upgrading to version 36 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (101095) and Tenable (81588). The entries 69212, 69213, 69214 and 69215 are related to this item.
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.7
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Class: Untrusted search pathCWE: CWE-426
ATT&CK: T1574
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Remote: Yes
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Status: Unproven
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Nessus ID: 81588
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (99029172-8253-407d-9d8b-2cfeab9abf81)
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OpenVAS ID: 803422
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox ESR Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 Mar15 (Windows)
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Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Firefox 36
Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: mozilla.orgProduct: mozilla.org
Advisory: MFSA 2015-12
Researcher: Holger Fuhrmannek
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-0833 (🔍)
X-Force: 101095 - Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird DLL code execution
SecurityTracker: 1031791
SecurityFocus: 72747 - Mozilla Firefox Firefox ESR and Thunderbird DLL Loading Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 02/26/2015 12:24Updated: 03/10/2022 19:44
Changes: 02/26/2015 12:24 (79), 03/09/2019 08:54 (1), 03/10/2022 19:44 (3)
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