Mozilla Firefox up to 0.9.3 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 0.8/0.9/0.9.1/0.9.2/0.9.3 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to information disclosure. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2005-0146. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox 0.8/0.9/0.9.1/0.9.2/0.9.3 (Web Browser) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Firefox before 1.0 and Mozilla before 1.7.5 allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive data from the clipboard via Javascript that generates a middle-click event on systems for which a middle-click performs a paste operation.

The bug was discovered 01/31/2005. The weakness was disclosed 05/02/2005 by Jesse Ruderman (Website). The advisory is available at redhat.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-0146 since 01/25/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 15 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 17184 (RHEL 4 : thunderbird (RHSA-2005:094)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat 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 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9145.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19171), Tenable (17184), SecurityFocus (BID 12407†), OSVDB (13337†) and Secunia (SA14017†). The entries VDB-921, VDB-949, VDB-1115 and VDB-1185 are pretty similar. 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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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 17184
Nessus Name: RHEL 4 : thunderbird (RHSA-2005:094)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0
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Timelineinfo

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02/15/2005 +15 days 🔍
02/22/2005 +7 days 🔍
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05/02/2005 +29 days 🔍
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06/06/2019 +1549 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: redhat.com
Researcher: Jesse Ruderman
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-0146 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0146
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24322

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X-Force: 19171
SecurityFocus: 12407 - Multiple Mozilla/Firefox/Thunderbird Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 14017
OSVDB: 13337 - CVE-2005-0146 - Mozilla And Firefox - Information Disclosure Issue
Vulnerability Center: 7478 - Mozilla Browser and Firefox Allow Obtaining Sensitive Information via middle-click Events, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 06/06/2019 06:36
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (67), 06/06/2019 06:36 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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