Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird Drag/Drop privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Drag/Drop. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-0905. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird (Web Browser) (the affected version is unknown). This affects an unknown code of the component Drag/Drop. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox before the Preview Release, Mozilla before 1.7.3, and Thunderbird before 0.8 allows remote attackers to perform cross-domain scripting and possibly execute arbitrary code by convincing a user to drag and drop javascript: links to a frame or page in another domain.

The weakness was published 09/14/2004 by Jesse Ruderman (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2004-0905 since 09/23/2004. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19087 (FreeBSD : mozilla -- scripting vulnerabilities (b2e6d1d6-1339-11d9-bc4a-000c41e2cdad)), 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.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (17374), Tenable (19087), SecurityFocus (BID 11177†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-5432†). Similar entries are available at VDB-836, VDB-839, VDB-838 and VDB-835. 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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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 19087
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mozilla -- scripting vulnerabilities (b2e6d1d6-1339-11d9-bc4a-000c41e2cdad)
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OpenVAS ID: 52364
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: thunderbird
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Recommended: Upgrade
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09/14/2004 🔍
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09/23/2004 +9 days 🔍
09/30/2004 +7 days 🔍
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12/19/2014 +3446 days 🔍
12/16/2024 +3650 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Jesse Ruderman
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2004-0905 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0905
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22215

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X-Force: 17374
SecurityFocus: 11177 - Mozilla/Firefox Browsers URI Drag And Drop Cross-Domain Scripting Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 5432

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/19/2014 12:05
Updated: 12/16/2024 04:22
Changes: 12/19/2014 12:05 (70), 04/23/2019 08:07 (1), 06/25/2024 08:06 (17), 12/16/2024 04:22 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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