Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0.4 External Application cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0.4. The affected element is an unknown function of the component External Application Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2005-2260. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0.4 (Web Browser). This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component External Application Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The browser user interface in Firefox before 1.0.5, Mozilla before 1.7.9, and Netscape 8.0.2 and 7.2 does not properly distinguish between user-generated events and untrusted synthetic events, which makes it easier for remote attackers to perform dangerous actions that normally could only be performed manually by the user.

The weakness was disclosed 07/13/2005 by Michael Krax (moz_bug_r_a4) as MFSA2005-53 as not defined advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at mozilla.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-2260 since 07/13/2005. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

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 19260 (Fedora Core 3 : firefox-1.0.6-1.1.fc3 (2005-603)), 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 117890 (CentOS Security Update for Mozilla (CESA-2005:587)).

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 (19260), SecurityFocus (BID 14242†), Secunia (SA16043†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-8649†). The entries VDB-1323, VDB-1543, VDB-1609 and VDB-1607 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 19260
Nessus Name: Fedora Core 3 : firefox-1.0.6-1.1.fc3 (2005-603)
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OpenVAS ID: 55121
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 779-1 (mozilla-firefox)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: mozilla.org

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2005-53
Researcher: Michael Krax (moz_bug_r_a4)
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-2260 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2260
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1612

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SecurityFocus: 14242 - Mozilla Suite, Firefox And Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 16043 - Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
Vulnerability Center: 8649
Vupen: ADV-2005-1075

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

Created: 07/15/2005 12:08
Updated: 07/10/2024 14:59
Changes: 07/15/2005 12:08 (72), 01/31/2018 09:53 (8), 03/11/2021 18:29 (7), 03/11/2021 18:35 (1), 07/10/2024 14:59 (16)
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