Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2005-0587. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0 (Web Browser). Affected is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

Firefox before 1.0.1 and Mozilla before 1.7.6 allows remote malicious web sites to overwrite arbitrary files by tricking the user into downloading a .LNK (link) file twice, which overwrites the file that was referenced in the first .LNK file.

The bug was discovered 03/01/2005. The weakness was shared 03/25/2005 by Georgi Guninski (taviso) with Mozilla (Website). The advisory is available at novell.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-0587 since 02/28/2005. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 22 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 17604 (Mozilla Browser < 1.7.6 Multiple 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.

Upgrading to version 1.0.1 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 (19528), Tenable (17604), SecurityFocus (BID 12659†), OSVDB (14192†) and Secunia (SA14407†). The entries VDB-1258, VDB-1257, VDB-1261 and VDB-1253 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 17604
Nessus Name: Mozilla Browser < 1.7.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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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 🔍
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03/23/2005 +22 days 🔍
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04/27/2005 +33 days 🔍
03/10/2015 +3604 days 🔍
05/31/2019 +1543 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: novell.com
Researcher: Georgi Guninski (taviso)
Organization: Mozilla
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-0587 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0587
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24114

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X-Force: 19528
SecurityFocus: 12659 - Mozilla Suite Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 14407 - Mozilla / Firefox / Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 14192 - Mozilla shortcut file (.Ink) overwrite
Vulnerability Center: 7701 - Mozilla Browser 1.7.3 and Firefox 1.0 Allow Overwriting Files via .LNK File, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 15:27
Updated: 05/31/2019 18:37
Changes: 03/10/2015 15:27 (77), 05/31/2019 18:37 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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