Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0.2 Security Check memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0.2. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Security Check. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2005-1158. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0.2 (Web Browser). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Security Check. 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 integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple "missing security checks" in Firefox before 1.0.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary Javascript into privileged pages using the _search target of the Firefox sidebar.

The bug was discovered 04/16/2005. The weakness was presented 05/02/2005 by Kohei Yoshino as Bug 290079 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-1158 since 04/18/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 5 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21929 (CentOS 4 : Firefox (CESA-2005:383)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117966 (CentOS Security Update for Firefox (CESA-2005:383)).

Upgrading to version 1.0.3 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 3475.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (20118), Tenable (21929), SecurityFocus (BID 13231†), OSVDB (15688†) and Secunia (SA14938†). See VDB-1387, VDB-1396, VDB-1391 and VDB-1405 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 21929
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 : Firefox (CESA-2005:383)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.3
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 290079
Researcher: Kohei Yoshino
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-1158 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-1158
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24883

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X-Force: 20118
SecurityFocus: 13231 - Mozilla Firefox Search Target Sidebar Panel Script Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 14938 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 15688 - Mozilla - Firefox - Search Target - Sidebar Panel - Script Code Execution Issue
Vulnerability Center: 7692 - Mozilla Firefox < 1.0.3 and Netscape Allow Code Execution via Sidebar _search Command, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 11:41
Updated: 05/31/2019 18:03
Changes: 03/11/2015 11:41 (81), 05/31/2019 18:03 (4)
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