Mozilla Firefox up to 57 SVG Image History information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 57. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation as part of SVG Image results in information disclosure (History). This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2017-7844. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 57 (Web Browser). This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation as part of a SVG Image leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (History). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

A combination of an external SVG image referenced on a page and the coloring of anchor links stored within this image can be used to determine which pages a user has in their history. This can allow a malicious website to query user history. Note: This issue only affects Firefox 57. Earlier releases are not affected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 57.0.1.

The bug was discovered 11/29/2017. The weakness was shared 06/11/2018 as Bug 1420001 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-7844 since 04/12/2017. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 105026 (FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (b7e23050-2d5d-4e61-9b48-62e89db222ca)), 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 370685 (Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities (mfsa2017-27)).

Upgrading to version 57.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (105026) and SecurityFocus (BID 102039†). The entry VDB-119348 is related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Name: History
Class: Information disclosure / History
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 105026
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (b7e23050-2d5d-4e61-9b48-62e89db222ca)
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OpenVAS ID: 58256
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox Information Disclosure Vulnerability(mfsa_2017-27)-Mac OS X
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 57.0.1

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04/12/2017 🔍
11/29/2017 +231 days 🔍
11/29/2017 +0 days 🔍
12/05/2017 +6 days 🔍
12/06/2017 +1 days 🔍
06/11/2018 +186 days 🔍
06/11/2018 +0 days 🔍
06/12/2018 +1 days 🔍
03/22/2023 +1744 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 1420001
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-7844 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-7844
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-119349

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SecurityFocus: 102039 - Mozilla Firefox MFSA2017-27 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1039954

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/12/2018 08:58
Updated: 03/22/2023 14:00
Changes: 06/12/2018 08:58 (81), 02/18/2020 08:42 (4), 03/22/2023 14:00 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:229:103

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