Mozilla Firefox 26 XSLT Stylesheet Content Security Policy privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Mozilla Firefox 26. Affected is an unknown function of the component XSLT Stylesheet Handler. Such manipulation leads to privileges management (Content Security Policy). This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2014-1485. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 26 (Web Browser). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component XSLT Stylesheet Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability (Content Security Policy). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

The Content Security Policy (CSP) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 27.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.24 operates on XSLT stylesheets according to style-src directives instead of script-src directives, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary XSLT code by leveraging insufficient style-src restrictions.

The weakness was released 02/04/2014 by Frederik Braun with Mozilla as MFSA2014-07 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at mozilla.org. The public release was coordinated with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-1485 since 01/16/2014. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 72312 (FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (1753f0ff-8dd5-11e3-9b45-b4b52fce4ce8)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 195432 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Firefox Regression (USN-2102-2)).

Upgrading to version 27 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 (72312), SecurityFocus (BID 65322†), OSVDB (102871†), Secunia (SA56706†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-43157†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-12168, VDB-12169, VDB-12170 and VDB-12171. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Affected

  • Mozilla Firefox 26
  • Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.23

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Exploitinginfo

Name: Content Security Policy
Class: Privileges management / Content Security Policy
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 72312
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (1753f0ff-8dd5-11e3-9b45-b4b52fce4ce8)
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OpenVAS ID: 850569
OpenVAS Name: SuSE Update for Mozilla openSUSE-SU-2014:0212-1 (Mozilla)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 27

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2014-07
Researcher: Frederik Braun
Organization: Mozilla
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-1485 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-1485
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-12176

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X-Force: 90891
SecurityFocus: 65322 - Mozilla Firefox/SeaMonkey CVE-2014-1485 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 56706 - Cyberfox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 102871
SecurityTracker: 1029717
Vulnerability Center: 43157 - Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey Remote Code Execution due to Non-Compliance with Specifications for CSP (CVE-2014-1485), Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 02/06/2014 10:46
Updated: 06/09/2021 03:09
Changes: 02/06/2014 10:46 (86), 01/31/2018 09:55 (5), 06/09/2021 03:02 (3), 06/09/2021 03:09 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:9E9:103

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