Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0.1 HTML Link Table authentication spoofing

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0.1. Affected is an unknown function of the component HTML Link Table Handler. Performing a manipulation results in authentication spoofing. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-4809. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is recommended that the affected component be replaced with an alternative.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0.1 (Web Browser). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown functionality of the component HTML Link Table Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication spoofing vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-290. This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.1 and possibly other versions, including Mozilla and Thunderbird, allows remote attackers to spoof the URL in the Status Bar via an A HREF tag that contains a TABLE tag that contains another A tag.

The bug was discovered 03/15/2005. The weakness was published 03/14/2005 by bitlance winter (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-4809 since 08/29/2006. 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. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at mozilla.com. 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 (19540), Exploit-DB (25221), SecurityFocus (BID 12798†), OSVDB (14885†) and Secunia (SA14568†). Similar entry is available at VDB-24526. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 2.8

VulDB Base Score: 3.1
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Class: Authentication spoofing
CWE: CWE-290 / CWE-287
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Alternative
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Patch: mozilla.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: bitlance winter
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-4809 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-4809
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1275
X-Force: 19540 - Mozilla "Save Link As" download dialog spoofing, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 12798 - Mozilla Suite/Firefox/Thunderbird Nested Anchor Tag Status Bar Spoofing Weakness
Secunia: 14568 - Mozilla "Save Link Target As..." Status Bar Spoofing Weakness, Not Critical
OSVDB: 14885 - Mozilla Firefox Embedded Table Link Status Bar Content Spoofing
SecurityTracker: 1013423
Vulnerability Center: 13025 - Multiple Mozilla Web-Browsers Status Bar URL Spoofing, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2005-0260

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/21/2005 10:10
Updated: 01/10/2025 12:28
Changes: 03/21/2005 10:10 (79), 07/01/2019 17:45 (7), 01/10/2025 12:28 (26)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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