Mozilla Firefox/Firefox ESR/Thunderbird on Windows HTTP Method injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR and Thunderbird on Windows. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation as part of HTTP Method results in injection. This vulnerability was named CVE-2020-12393. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR and Thunderbird on Windows (Web Browser) (affected version not known). It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown functionality. The manipulation as part of a HTTP Method leads to a injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-74. The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The 'Copy as cURL' feature of Devtools' network tab did not properly escape the HTTP method of a request, which can be controlled by the website. If a user used the 'Copy as cURL' feature and pasted the command into a terminal, it could have resulted in command injection and arbitrary command execution. *Note: this issue only affects Firefox on Windows operating systems.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.8, Firefox < 76, and Thunderbird < 68.8.0.

The weakness was presented 05/26/2020. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2020-12393 since 04/28/2020. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. 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 $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/27/2020). This vulnerability is assigned to T1055 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Web Browser

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• Mozilla

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• Firefox
• Firefox ESR
• Thunderbird

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://www.mozilla.org/
• Product: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

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