Mozilla Firefox 26 Start Page UI Content access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Mozilla Firefox 26. This affects an unknown part of the component Start Page UI Content. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2014-1489. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Mozilla Firefox 26 (Web Browser). This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Start Page UI Content. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox before 27.0 does not properly restrict access to about:home buttons by script on other pages, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (session restore) via a crafted web site.

The weakness was shared 02/04/2014 by Yazan Tommalieh as MFSA2014-10 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mozilla.org. The vendor cooperated in the coordination of the public release. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-1489 since 01/16/2014. 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 T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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 65329†), OSVDB (102874†), Secunia (SA56888†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-43159†). The entries VDB-12170, VDB-12172, VDB-12174 and VDB-12175 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Mozilla Firefox 26
  • Mozilla Thunderbird 24.2
  • Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.23
  • Mozilla Firefox ESR 24.2

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 27

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02/04/2014 +19 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2014-10
Researcher: Yazan Tommalieh
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-1489 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-1489
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-12179

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X-Force: 90888
SecurityFocus: 65329 - Mozilla Firefox/SeaMonkey CVE-2014-1489 Security Vulnerability
Secunia: 56888
OSVDB: 102874
SecurityTracker: 1029717
Vulnerability Center: 43159 - Mozilla Firefox Before 27.0 Remote Data Loss Vulnerability (CVE-2014-1489), Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 02/06/2014 11:02
Updated: 01/26/2025 22:41
Changes: 02/06/2014 11:02 (80), 01/31/2018 09:54 (4), 06/09/2021 04:02 (3), 06/09/2021 04:10 (1), 01/26/2025 22:41 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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