Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0 Plugin Temporary Folder privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0 and classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Plugin Temporary Folder Handler. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2005-0578. The attack needs to be initiated within the local network. No exploit is available. It is best to exchange the affected component with an alternative.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0 (Web Browser). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Plugin Temporary Folder Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. 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, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Firefox before 1.0.1 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.6 use a predictable filename for the plugin temporary directory, which allows local users to delete arbitrary files of other users via a symlink attack on the plugtmp directory.

The weakness was published 03/01/2005 by Tavis Ormandy (@taviso) with Google Security Team as MFSA2005-28 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-0578 since 02/27/2005. The attack needs to be initiated within the local network. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/10/2021). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21930 (CentOS 3 : mozilla (CESA-2005:384)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117973 (CentOS Security Update for Mozilla (CESA-2005:384)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at mozilla.org. The problem might be mitigated by replacing the product with as an alternative. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be establishing an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19488), Tenable (21930), SecurityFocus (BID 12659†), OSVDB (14198†) and Secunia (SA14407†). Similar entries are available at VDB-921, VDB-949, VDB-1115 and VDB-1185. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 21930
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 : mozilla (CESA-2005:384)
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OpenVAS ID: 54875
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200503-10 (Firefox)
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Recommended: Alternative
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Patch: mozilla.org

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02/25/2005 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2005-28
Researcher: Tavis Ormandy (@taviso)
Organization: Google Security Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-0578 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0578
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1250

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X-Force: 19488
SecurityFocus: 12659 - Mozilla Suite Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 14407 - Mozilla / Firefox / Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 14198 - Mozilla Browsers Predictable Plugin Temp Directory Arbitrary File Deletion
SecurityTracker: 1013303 - Mozilla Firefox Predictable Plugin Temporary Directory Lets Local Users Delete Files
Vulnerability Center: 7703 - Mozilla Browser 1.7.3 and Firefox 1.0 Allow Overwriting Files via Symlink Attack, Low

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/08/2005 12:03
Updated: 03/10/2021 16:13
Changes: 03/08/2005 12:03 (94), 01/31/2018 09:52 (5), 03/10/2021 16:13 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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