Mozilla Firefox up to 55 Drag / Drop Feature information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 55. This impacts an unknown function of the component Drag / Drop Feature. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2017-7812. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 55 (Web Browser). This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Drag / Drop Feature. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 09/28/2017. The weakness was published 09/28/2017 by Abdulrahman Alqabandi (Mike) as MFSA 2017-21 as confirmed security advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-7812 since 04/12/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. 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 103678 (Mozilla Firefox < 56 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370584 (Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities. (mfsa2017-21,mfsa2017-22)).

Upgrading to version 56 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 (103678), SecurityFocus (BID 101057†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1039465†). Similar entries are available at VDB-107430, VDB-107431, VDB-107432 and VDB-107433. 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: 103678
Nessus Name: Mozilla Firefox < 56 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)
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OpenVAS ID: 802170
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox Security Updates( mfsa_2017-21_2017-22 )-Windows
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 56

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01/15/2021 +949 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2017-21
Researcher: Abdulrahman Alqabandi (Mike)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-7812 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-7812
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-107435

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SecurityFocus: 101057 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1039465

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/04/2017 11:52
Updated: 01/15/2021 12:13
Changes: 10/04/2017 11:52 (81), 11/21/2019 19:35 (7), 01/15/2021 12:13 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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