Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0.6 on Unix/Linux URL Call privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0.6 on Unix/Linux. It has been rated as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component URL Call Handler. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-2968. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is suggested to swap out the affected component for an alternative.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0.6 on Unix/Linux (Web Browser). This issue affects an unknown function of the component URL Call Handler. 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:

Firefox 1.0.6 and Mozilla 1.7.10 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a URL that is provided to the browser on the command line, which is sent unfiltered to bash.

The bug was discovered 09/06/2005. The weakness was disclosed 09/20/2005 by Peter Zelezny as Bug 307185 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-2968 since 09/19/2005. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 14 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21408 (FreeBSD : firefox & mozilla -- command line URL shell command injection (2e28cefb-2aee-11da-a263-0001020eed82)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115281 (Multiple Vulnerabilities in Firefox and Mozilla Suite (Mozilla Foundation MFSA 2005-58)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The problem might be mitigated by replacing the product with as an alternative. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be establishing an alternative product. A possible mitigation has been published 2 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 16200.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (26288), Tenable (21408), SecurityFocus (BID 14888†), OSVDB (19589†) and Secunia (SA16869†). The entries VDB-1758, VDB-1764, VDB-1762 and VDB-1763 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 21408
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : firefox & mozilla -- command line URL shell command injection (2e28cefb-2aee-11da-a263-0001020eed82)
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OpenVAS ID: 55716
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 866-1 (mozilla)
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Patch: bugzilla.mozilla.org

Snort ID: 16200

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Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 307185
Researcher: Peter Zelezny
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-2968 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2968
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1757

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SecurityFocus: 14888 - Mozilla Browser/Firefox Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 16869 - Firefox Command Line URL Shell Command Injection, Extremely Critical
OSVDB: 19589 - Mozilla Products Command Line URL Arbitrary Shell Command Injection
Vulnerability Center: 9489
Vupen: ADV-2005-1794

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 09/21/2005 13:26
Updated: 01/08/2025 01:24
Changes: 09/21/2005 13:26 (91), 07/04/2019 14:50 (5), 07/12/2024 22:51 (19), 12/17/2024 08:53 (5), 01/08/2025 01:24 (4)
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