Mozilla Firefox 0.9.1/0.9.2 Certificate authentication spoofing

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Mozilla Firefox 0.9.1/0.9.2. This affects an unknown part of the component Certificate Handler. The manipulation leads to authentication spoofing. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2004-0763. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 0.9.1/0.9.2 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Certificate Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication spoofing vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-290. This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox 0.9.1 and 0.9.2 allows remote web sites to spoof certificates of trusted web sites via redirects and Javascript that uses the "onunload" method.

The bug was discovered 04/30/2004. The weakness was published 08/18/2004 as Bug 253121 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-0763 since 08/02/2004. 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 are unknown but a public exploit is available.

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 94 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14181 (Firefox < 1.0 Multiple Spoofing Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115047 (Sun Solaris Mozilla Multiple Vulnerabilities).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 31016.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16796), Exploit-DB (24312), Tenable (14181), SecurityFocus (BID 15495†) and OSVDB (8238†). Similar entries are available at VDB-744, VDB-759, VDB-773 and VDB-774. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authentication spoofing
CWE: CWE-290 / CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 14181
Nessus Name: Firefox < 1.0 Multiple Spoofing Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 53919
OpenVAS Name: Slackware Advisory SSA:2004-223-01 Mozilla
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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04/30/2004 🔍
07/25/2004 +86 days 🔍
07/26/2004 +1 days 🔍
08/02/2004 +7 days 🔍
08/02/2004 +0 days 🔍
08/09/2004 +7 days 🔍
08/18/2004 +9 days 🔍
08/18/2004 +0 days 🔍
11/18/2005 +457 days 🔍
04/14/2015 +3434 days 🔍
12/25/2024 +3543 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 253121
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2004-0763 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0763
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22145

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X-Force: 16796
SecurityFocus: 15495 - SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7 Maintenance Pack 4 Released - Multiple Vulnerabilities Fixed
Secunia: 12160 - Mozilla / Mozilla Firefox "onunload" SSL Certificate Spoofing, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 8238 - Microsoft Internet Explorer SSL certificate spoofing
Vulnerability Center: 4992 - Mozilla Firefox Enables Certificate Spoofing, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/14/2015 13:18
Updated: 12/25/2024 15:47
Changes: 04/14/2015 13:18 (84), 06/05/2019 00:12 (4), 12/25/2024 15:47 (27)
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Cache ID: 216:D38:103

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