Mozilla Bugzilla 2.14/2.14.1/2.16 Encoded URL buglist.cgi privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Bugzilla 2.14/2.14.1/2.16. It has been classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the file buglist.cgi of the component Encoded URL Handler. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2002-0809. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Bugzilla 2.14/2.14.1/2.16 (Bug Tracking Software). This issue affects an unknown code block of the file buglist.cgi of the component Encoded URL 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:

Bugzilla 2.14 before 2.14.2, and 2.16 before 2.16rc2, does not properly handle URL-encoded field names that are generated by some browsers, which could cause certain fields to appear to be unset, which has the effect of removing group permissions on bugs when buglist.cgi is provided with the encoded field names.

The weakness was published 08/12/2002 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2002-0809. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11463 (Bugzilla < 2.14.2 / 2.16rc2 / 2.17 Multiple Vulnerabilities (SQLi, XSS, ID, Cmd Exe)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 86302 (Mozilla Bugzilla BugList.CGI HTML Form SQL Query Manipulation Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 2.14.2 or 2.16rc2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (10141), Tenable (11463), SecurityFocus (BID 4964†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-4673†). Similar entries are available at VDB-18689, VDB-18690, VDB-18691 and VDB-18692. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 11463
Nessus Name: Bugzilla < 2.14.2 / 2.16rc2 / 2.17 Multiple Vulnerabilities (SQLi, XSS, ID, Cmd Exe)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Bugzilla 2.14.2/2.16rc2

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06/08/2002 🔍
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07/22/2014 +4138 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2002-0809 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-0809
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-18695
X-Force: 10141
SecurityFocus: 4964
Vulnerability Center: 4673

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/22/2014 23:58
Updated: 09/13/2025 03:46
Changes: 07/22/2014 23:58 (59), 06/08/2018 11:20 (3), 06/25/2024 16:09 (17), 07/02/2024 06:06 (2), 09/13/2025 03:46 (4)
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