Mozilla Firefox up to 1.5.0.6 Text Display access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Mozilla Firefox. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Text Display Handler. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2006-4253. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Text Display Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Concurrency vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via multiple Javascript timed events that load a deeply nested XML file, followed by redirecting the browser to another page, which leads to a concurrency failure that causes structures to be freed incorrectly, as demonstrated by (1) ffoxdie and (2) ffoxdie3. NOTE: it has been reported that Netscape 8.1 and K-Meleon 1.0.1 are also affected by ffoxdie. Mozilla confirmed to CVE that ffoxdie and ffoxdie3 trigger the same underlying vulnerability. NOTE: it was later reported that Firefox 2.0 RC2 and 1.5.0.7 are also affected.

The weakness was published 09/15/2006 by Jonathan Watt and Michal Zalewski (shutdown) with Martijn Wargers as MFSA2006-59 as not defined advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-4253 since 08/21/2006. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22470 (GLSA-200609-19 : Mozilla Firefox: Multiple 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 156230 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for Firefox (ELSA-2006:0733,ELSA-2006:0675,ELSA-2006:0610)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at mozilla.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (28644), Exploit-DB (28380), Tenable (22470), SecurityFocus (BID 20042†) and Secunia (SA21906†). Additional details are provided at bugzilla.mozilla.org. Similar entries are available at VDB-2544, VDB-2547, VDB-2543 and VDB-2548. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 22470
Nessus Name: GLSA-200609-19 : Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 57373
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: mozilla.com
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2006-59
Researcher: Jonathan Watt, Michal Zalewski (shutdown)
Organization: Martijn Wargers
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-4253 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-4253
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2545

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X-Force: 28644
SecurityFocus: 20042 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/Seamonkey Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 21906 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1016847
Vulnerability Center: 12714 - Mozilla Firefox and Other Web-Browsers JavaScript Handler Race Condition Memory Corruption, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/18/2006 11:43
Updated: 01/24/2025 18:18
Changes: 09/18/2006 11:43 (55), 01/31/2018 09:53 (39), 03/13/2021 13:24 (2), 03/13/2021 13:31 (1), 01/13/2025 10:57 (17), 01/24/2025 18:18 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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