Mozilla Thunderbird up to 52.5.1 RSS Feed injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 52.5.1 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component RSS Feed Handler. This manipulation causes injection. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2017-7848. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 52.5.1 (Mail Client Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component RSS Feed Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-74. The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

RSS fields can inject new lines into the created email structure, modifying the message body. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.5.2.

The bug was discovered 12/22/2017. The weakness was presented 06/11/2018 by Sabri Haddouche with Cure53 as Bug 1411699 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-7848 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. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1055 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 105450 (FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (6a09c80e-6ec7-442a-bc65-d72ce69fd887)), 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 370698 (Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities (mfsa2017-30)).

Upgrading to version 52.5.2 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 (105450) and SecurityFocus (BID 102258†). See VDB-119335, VDB-119350, VDB-119351 and VDB-119352 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

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Class: Injection
CWE: CWE-74 / CWE-707 / CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 105450
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (6a09c80e-6ec7-442a-bc65-d72ce69fd887)
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OpenVAS ID: 864273
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 4075-1 (thunderbird - security update)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Thunderbird 52.5.2

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04/12/2017 🔍
12/22/2017 +254 days 🔍
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12/25/2017 +3 days 🔍
12/26/2017 +1 days 🔍
06/11/2018 +166 days 🔍
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06/12/2018 +1 days 🔍
03/22/2023 +1744 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 1411699
Researcher: Sabri Haddouche
Organization: Cure53
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-7848 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-7848
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-119353

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SecurityFocus: 102258 - Mozilla Thunderbird Prior to 52.5.2 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1040123

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/12/2018 08:59
Updated: 03/22/2023 14:12
Changes: 06/12/2018 08:59 (79), 02/18/2020 08:55 (6), 03/22/2023 14:12 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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