Mozilla Bugzilla up to 2.14 Security Check privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla Bugzilla up to 2.14. This impacts an unknown function of the component Security Check. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2001-1407. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Bugzilla up to 2.14 (Bug Tracking Software). This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Security Check. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Bugzilla before 2.14 allows Bugzilla users to bypass group security checks by marking a bug as the duplicate of a restricted bug, which adds the user to the CC list of the restricted bug and allows the user to view the bug.

The bug was discovered 08/29/2001. The weakness was published 09/10/2001 by David Miller (Website). The advisory is shared at redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2001-1407. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 12 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 86245 (Mozilla Bugzilla process_bug.cgi Duplicate Bug Disclosure Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 2.14 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (10479), SecurityFocus (BID 3273†), OSVDB (5412†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-9322†). Similar entries are available at VDB-17339, VDB-17340, VDB-17341 and VDB-17342. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Bugzilla 2.14

Timelineinfo

08/29/2001 🔍
08/29/2001 +0 days 🔍
09/10/2001 +12 days 🔍
09/10/2001 +0 days 🔍
10/03/2005 +1484 days 🔍
07/08/2014 +3200 days 🔍
09/25/2025 +4097 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: redhat.com
Researcher: David Miller
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2001-1407 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-1407
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17345
X-Force: 10479
SecurityFocus: 3273 - Bugzilla process_bug.cgi Duplicate Bug Disclosure Vulnerability
OSVDB: 5412 - Bugzilla - process_bug.cgi - Duplicate Bug Disclosure Issue
Vulnerability Center: 9322 - Bugzilla < 2.14 Arbitrary Bug Viewing via Bug Duplication, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/09/2014 01:39
Updated: 09/25/2025 14:28
Changes: 07/09/2014 01:39 (58), 06/09/2019 21:54 (7), 09/25/2025 14:28 (20)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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