Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-0589. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0 (Web Browser). Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

The Form Fill feature in Firefox before 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to steal potentially sensitive information via an input control that monitors the values that are generated by the autocomplete capability.

The bug was discovered 03/01/2005. The weakness was presented 05/02/2005 by Georgi Guninski (taviso) with Mozilla as Bug 270697 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-0589 since 02/28/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 17276 (GLSA-200503-10 : Mozilla Firefox: Various vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks 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 (19532), Tenable (17276), SecurityFocus (BID 12659†), OSVDB (14190†) and Secunia (SA14407†). See VDB-1182, VDB-1183, VDB-1207 and VDB-1258 for similar entries. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 17276
Nessus Name: GLSA-200503-10 : Mozilla Firefox: Various vulnerabilities
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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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05/31/2019 +1543 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 270697
Researcher: Georgi Guninski (taviso)
Organization: Mozilla
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-0589 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0589
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24528

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X-Force: 19532
SecurityFocus: 12659 - Mozilla Suite Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 14407 - Mozilla / Firefox / Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 14190 - Mozilla form fill feature autocomplete information disclosure
Vulnerability Center: 7705 - Mozilla Browser 1.7.3 and Firefox 1.0 Allow Obtaining Sensitive Information via Form Fill Feature, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 05/31/2019 18:57
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (83), 05/31/2019 18:57 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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