Mozilla Firefox 1.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 1.0. It has been rated as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2005-0527. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox 1.0 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Firefox 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via plugins that load "privileged content" into frames, as demonstrated using certain XUL events when a user drags a scrollbar two times, aka "Firescrolling."

The bug was discovered 02/25/2005. The weakness was presented 05/02/2005 by Michael Krax (mikx) (Website). The advisory is shared at gentoo.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-0527 since 02/24/2005. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19121 (FreeBSD : mozilla -- arbitrary code execution vulnerability (cbfde1cd-87eb-11d9-aa18-0001020eed82)), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117973 (CentOS Security Update for Mozilla (CESA-2005:384)).

Upgrading 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 3296.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19490), Tenable (19121), SecurityFocus (BID 12655†), OSVDB (14197†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1013301†). See VDB-921, VDB-949, VDB-1115 and VDB-1185 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 19121
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mozilla -- arbitrary code execution vulnerability (cbfde1cd-87eb-11d9-aa18-0001020eed82)
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OpenVAS ID: 52175
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
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Recommended: Upgrade
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02/26/2005 +1 days 🔍
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03/10/2015 +3527 days 🔍
05/30/2019 +1542 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: gentoo.org
Researcher: Michael Krax (mikx)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-0527 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0527
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24493

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X-Force: 19490
SecurityFocus: 12655 - Mozilla Firefox Scrollbar Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: 14197 - CVE-2005-0527 - Mozilla - Firefox - Code Execution Issue
SecurityTracker: 1013301
Vulnerability Center: 7349 - Mozilla and Mozilla Firefox Allow Code Execution via XPCOM Implementation, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 05/30/2019 20:59
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (83), 05/30/2019 20:59 (9)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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