Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6 document.open cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6. The affected element is the function document.open. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2006-4568. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6 (Web Browser). This affects the function document.open. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.7 and SeaMonkey before 1.0.5 allows remote attackers to bypass the security model and inject content into the sub-frame of another site via targetWindow.frames[n].document.open(), which facilitates spoofing and other attacks.

The weakness was disclosed 09/15/2006 by Georgi Guninski (shutdown) with Martijn Wargers as MFSA2006-61 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-4568 since 09/06/2006. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22424 (CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2006:0675)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. 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. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9090.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (28961), Tenable (22424), SecurityFocus (BID 20042†), OSVDB (28846†) and Secunia (SA21906†). Further details are available at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The entries VDB-2544, VDB-2543, VDB-2548 and VDB-2545 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 22424
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2006:0675)
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OpenVAS ID: 57485
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1191-1 (mozilla-thunderbird)
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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: MFSA2006-61
Researcher: Georgi Guninski (shutdown)
Organization: Martijn Wargers
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-4568 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-4568
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2547

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X-Force: 28961 - Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey document.open() frame spoofing, Low Risk
SecurityFocus: 20042 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/Seamonkey Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 21906 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 28846 - Mozilla Multiple Products targetWindow.frames[n].document.open() Cross Frame Spoofing
SecurityTracker: 1016856 - Mozilla Firefox document.open() Function Lets Remote Users Inject HTML into Frames
Vulnerability Center: 12719 - Mozilla Web-Browsers Frame Spoofing via targetWindow.frames[n].document.open(), Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-3617

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/18/2006 11:43
Updated: 03/13/2021 13:45
Changes: 09/18/2006 11:43 (93), 01/31/2018 09:53 (10), 03/13/2021 13:45 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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