Mozilla Firefox up to 54 IFRAME information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 54. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component IFRAME Handler. This manipulation causes information disclosure. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-7787. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 54 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component IFRAME Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 08/08/2017. The weakness was shared 08/08/2017 as MFSA 2017-18 as confirmed security advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-7787 since 04/12/2017. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 102882 (CentOS 6 / 7 : thunderbird (CESA-2017:2534)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370507 (Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities. (mfsa2017-18,mfsa2017-19)).

Upgrading to version 55 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 Tenable (102882), SecurityFocus (BID 100234†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1039124†). The entries VDB-105249, VDB-105250, VDB-105251 and VDB-105252 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: No
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Nessus ID: 102882
Nessus Name: CentOS 6 / 7 : thunderbird (CESA-2017:2534)
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OpenVAS ID: 703926
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3928-1 (firefox-esr - security update)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 55

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08/08/2017 +118 days 🔍
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09/01/2017 +20 days 🔍
06/11/2018 +282 days 🔍
01/09/2021 +943 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2017-18
Researcher: Oliver Wagner, Stephen Fewer, Rhys Enniks
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-7787 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-7787
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-105259

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SecurityFocus: 100234 - Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR Multiple Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1039124

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/13/2017 00:07
Updated: 01/09/2021 09:05
Changes: 08/13/2017 00:07 (81), 11/06/2019 15:42 (5), 01/09/2021 08:58 (3), 01/09/2021 09:05 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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