Mozilla Bonsai 1.3 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Mozilla Bonsai 1.3. The affected element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2003-0152. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Bonsai 1.3 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. 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. CVE summarizes:

Unknown vulnerability in bonsai Mozilla CVS query tool allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands as the www-data user.

The weakness was disclosed 04/02/2003 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2003-0152 since 03/19/2003. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 15102 (Debian DSA-265-1 : bonsai - several vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 11161 (Mozilla Bonsai Remote Command Execution Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (11647), Tenable (15102), SecurityFocus (BID 7162†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-3007†). The entries VDB-20315, VDB-20314 and VDB-20313 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 15102
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-265-1 : bonsai - several vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 53336
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 265-1 (bonsai)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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09/29/2004 +308 days 🔍
08/08/2014 +3600 days 🔍
08/24/2025 +4034 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2003-0152 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0152
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20312
X-Force: 11647
SecurityFocus: 7162 - Mozilla Bonsai Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 3007 - Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability in Mozilla Bonsai 1.3, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/08/2014 12:37
Updated: 08/24/2025 09:20
Changes: 08/08/2014 12:37 (67), 05/17/2019 10:19 (5), 08/24/2025 09:20 (20)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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