Mozilla Firefox up to 28.0.1 Debugger XrayWrappers access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Mozilla Firefox up to 28.0.1. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Debugger XrayWrappers Handler. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2014-1526. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 28.0.1 (Web Browser). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code of the component Debugger XrayWrappers Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The XrayWrapper implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 29.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.26 allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted web site that is visited in the debugger, leading to unwrapping operations and calls to DOM methods on the unwrapped objects.

The weakness was released 04/29/2014 by Boris Zbarsky as MFSA2014-47 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-1526 since 01/16/2014. The exploitability is told to be difficult. 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. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 73848 (Fedora 19 : firefox-29.0-5.fc19 / thunderbird-24.5.0-1.fc19 / xulrunner-29.0-1.fc19 (2014-5829)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 166971 (OpenSuSE Security Update for Mozilla Firefox (openSUSE-SU-2014:0599-1)).

Upgrading to version 29.0 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 X-Force (92859), Tenable (73848), SecurityFocus (BID 67132†), Secunia (SA58344†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1030165†). Further details are available at bugzilla.mozilla.org. Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-13100, VDB-13099, VDB-13098 and VDB-13097. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

  • Mozilla Firefox up to 28.0.1
  • Mozilla Seamonkey up to 2.25

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

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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 73848
Nessus Name: Fedora 19 : firefox-29.0-5.fc19 / thunderbird-24.5.0-1.fc19 / xulrunner-29.0-1.fc19 (2014-5829)
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OpenVAS ID: 841802
OpenVAS Name: Ubuntu Update for firefox USN-2185-1
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 29.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2014-47
Researcher: Boris Zbarsky
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-1526 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-1526
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-13101

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X-Force: 92859 - Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey XrayWrappers security bypass, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 67132 - Mozilla Firefox and Seamonkey CVE-2014-1526 Security Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 58344 - Mozilla Firefox / Thunderbird / SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1030165 - Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Deny Service, and Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks and Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
Vulnerability Center: 44358 - Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey Remote Security Bypass in XrayWrapper - CVE-2014-1526, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/30/2014 21:26
Updated: 05/12/2026 08:21
Changes: 04/30/2014 21:26 (88), 01/31/2018 09:55 (6), 06/19/2021 08:35 (2), 05/12/2026 08:21 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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