Mozilla Bugzilla 2.14.1 doeditvotes.cgi information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Bugzilla 2.14.1 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file doeditvotes.cgi. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2002-0011. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Bugzilla 2.14.1 (Bug Tracking Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the file doeditvotes.cgi. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Information leak in doeditvotes.cgi in Bugzilla before 2.14.1 may allow remote attackers to more easily conduct attacks on the login.

The bug was discovered 01/05/2002. The weakness was presented 01/31/2002 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2002-0011. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 26 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 10985 (Mozilla BugZilla DoEditVotes.CGI Login Error Information Leak Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 2.14.1 eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 1617.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (7803), SecurityFocus (BID 3800†), OSVDB (5416†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-6625†). See VDB-17919, VDB-17920, VDB-17921 and VDB-17922 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Bugzilla 2.14.1

Snort ID: 1617
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP Bugzilla doeditvotes.cgi access
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11/04/2001 🔍
01/05/2002 +62 days 🔍
01/31/2002 +26 days 🔍
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12/29/2004 +1063 days 🔍
07/11/2014 +3481 days 🔍
09/23/2025 +4092 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2002-0011 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-0011
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17923
X-Force: 7803
SecurityFocus: 3800 - BugZilla DoEditVotes.CGI Login Error Information Leak Vulnerability
OSVDB: 5416 - BugZilla - DoEditVotes.CGI - Login Error - Information Leak Issue
Vulnerability Center: 6625 - Mozilla Bugzilla < 2.14.1 Allows Obtaining Information via doedtivotes.cgi, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2014 13:36
Updated: 09/23/2025 19:06
Changes: 07/11/2014 13:36 (68), 06/03/2019 17:13 (3), 09/23/2025 19:06 (20)
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Cache ID: 216:AFF:103

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