Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0.2 Favicon rel cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0.2. This affects an unknown part of the component Favicon Handler. Such manipulation of the argument rel leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2005-0752. The attack may be performed from remote. In addition, an exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0.2 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Favicon Handler. The manipulation of the argument rel with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Plugin Finder Service (PFS) in Firefox before 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a javascript: URL in the PLUGINSPAGE attribute of an EMBED tag.

The weakness was presented 04/18/2005 by Michael Krax as MFSA2005-37 as not defined advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-0752 since 03/17/2005. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

The exploit is available at mikx.de. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21929 (CentOS 4 : Firefox (CESA-2005:383)), 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 117966 (CentOS Security Update for Firefox (CESA-2005:383)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at mozilla.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (21929), SecurityFocus (BID 13228†) and Secunia (SA14938†). See VDB-1387, VDB-1396, VDB-1391 and VDB-1405 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Base Score: 6.3
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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 21929
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 : Firefox (CESA-2005:383)
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OpenVAS ID: 57153
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1118-1 (mozilla)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: mozilla.org

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04/21/2005 +3 days 🔍
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03/11/2021 +5363 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2005-37
Researcher: Michael Krax
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-0752 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0752
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1388

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SecurityFocus: 13228 - Mozilla Firefox PLUGINSPAGE Remote Script Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 14938 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical

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

Created: 04/21/2005 11:56
Updated: 03/11/2021 07:58
Changes: 04/21/2005 11:56 (76), 01/31/2018 09:53 (5), 03/11/2021 07:55 (7), 03/11/2021 07:58 (1)
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