Mozilla Firefox 1.5/1.5.0.1/1.5.0.2/1.5.0.3/1.5.0.4 chrome URI integer coercion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox 1.5/1.5.0.1/1.5.0.2/1.5.0.3/1.5.0.4. This impacts an unknown function of the component chrome URI Handler. This manipulation causes integer coercion. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2006-3812. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox 1.5/1.5.0.1/1.5.0.2/1.5.0.3/1.5.0.4 (Web Browser) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component chrome URI Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a integer coercion vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-192. Integer coercion refers to a set of flaws pertaining to the type casting, extension, or truncation of primitive data types. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.5, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.5, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to reference remote files and possibly load chrome: URLs by tricking the user into copying or dragging links.

The weakness was disclosed 07/25/2006 by Benjamin Smedberg (moz_bug_r_a4) with Mozilla as MFSA2006-56 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-3812 since 07/24/2006. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22162 (CentOS 3 : seamonkey (CESA-2006:0608)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117672 (CentOS Security Update for SeaMonkey (CESA-2006:0608)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at mozilla.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 4326.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (27993), Tenable (22162), SecurityFocus (BID 19181†), OSVDB (27564†) and Secunia (SA19873†). Additional details are provided at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The entries VDB-2399, VDB-2397, VDB-2398 and VDB-2396 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Integer coercion
CWE: CWE-192 / CWE-189
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 22162
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 : seamonkey (CESA-2006:0608)
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OpenVAS ID: 57146
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2006-56
Researcher: Benjamin Smedberg (moz_bug_r_a4)
Organization: Mozilla
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-3812 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-3812
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2407

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X-Force: 27993 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey chrome URL information disclosure, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 19181 - Mozilla Multiple Products Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 19873 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 27564 - Mozilla Multiple Products Chrome Scheme Remote Script Execution
SecurityTracker: 1016586 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 12405 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Reference to Remote Files and Loading of Chrome: URLs, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-3748

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/28/2006 12:03
Updated: 01/13/2025 05:44
Changes: 07/28/2006 12:03 (94), 01/31/2018 09:52 (11), 03/13/2021 11:02 (2), 01/13/2025 05:44 (15)
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Cache ID: 216:679:103

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