Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0 authentication spoofing

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to authentication spoofing. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2005-0593. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0 (Web Browser) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code. 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:

Firefox before 1.0.1 and Mozilla before 1.7.6 allows remote attackers to spoof the SSL "secure site" lock icon via (1) a web site that does not finish loading, which shows the lock of the previous site, (2) a non-HTTP server that uses SSL, which causes the lock to be displayed when the SSL handshake is completed, or (3) a URL that generates an HTTP 204 error, which updates the icon and location information but does not change the display of the original site.

The weakness was published 03/04/2005 by Georgi Guninski (taviso) with Mozilla (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at gentoo.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-0593 since 02/28/2005. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21930 (CentOS 3 : mozilla (CESA-2005:384)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117973 (CentOS Security Update for Mozilla (CESA-2005:384)).

Upgrading to version 1.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19536), Tenable (21930), SecurityFocus (BID 12659†), OSVDB (14194†) and Secunia (SA14407†). Similar entries are available at VDB-921, VDB-949, VDB-1115 and VDB-1185. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.6

VulDB Base Score: 3.7
VulDB Temp Score: 3.6
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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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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 21930
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 : mozilla (CESA-2005:384)
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OpenVAS ID: 54875
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200503-10 (Firefox)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.1

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02/25/2005 🔍
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02/28/2005 +3 days 🔍
03/01/2005 +1 days 🔍
03/04/2005 +3 days 🔍
03/04/2005 +0 days 🔍
04/27/2005 +54 days 🔍
04/28/2005 +1 days 🔍
07/05/2006 +433 days 🔍
03/10/2015 +3170 days 🔍
05/31/2019 +1543 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: gentoo.org
Researcher: Georgi Guninski (taviso)
Organization: Mozilla
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-0593 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0593
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24035

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X-Force: 19536
SecurityFocus: 12659 - Mozilla Suite Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 14407 - Mozilla / Firefox / Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 14194 - Mozilla Multiple Products 204 HTTP Response SSL Secure Site Spoofing
Vulnerability Center: 7708 - Mozilla Firefox < 1.0.1 and Mozilla Suite < 1.7.6 Allows Spoofing the SSL Lock Icon, Low

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 15:27
Updated: 05/31/2019 20:26
Changes: 03/10/2015 15:27 (84), 05/31/2019 20:26 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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