Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0.6 authentication spoofing

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0.6. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Performing a manipulation results in authentication spoofing. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-2704. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0.6 (Web Browser). It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication spoofing vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-290. This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Firefox before 1.0.7 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.12 allows remote attackers to spoof DOM objects via an XBL control that implements an internal XPCOM interface.

The bug was discovered 09/22/2005. The weakness was presented 09/23/2005 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-2704 since 08/26/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. 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 $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21963 (CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2005:785)), 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 115281 (Multiple Vulnerabilities in Firefox and Mozilla Suite (Mozilla Foundation MFSA 2005-58)).

Upgrading to version 1.0.7 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 31016.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (22824), Tenable (21963), SecurityFocus (BID 15495†), OSVDB (19646†) and Secunia (SA16911†). See VDB-779, VDB-1326, VDB-1757 and VDB-1758 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

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Class: Authentication spoofing
CWE: CWE-290 / CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 21963
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2005:785)
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OpenVAS ID: 55515
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 838-1 (mozilla-firefox)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.7
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08/26/2005 🔍
09/22/2005 +27 days 🔍
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10/30/2005 +37 days 🔍
11/18/2005 +19 days 🔍
07/05/2006 +229 days 🔍
03/11/2015 +3171 days 🔍
06/10/2019 +1552 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: redhat.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-2704 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2704
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26403

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X-Force: 22824
SecurityFocus: 15495 - SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7 Maintenance Pack 4 Released - Multiple Vulnerabilities Fixed
Secunia: 16911 - Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 19646 - Mozilla Browser.Firefox - DOM Objects Spoofing Issue
SecurityTracker: 1014954
Vulnerability Center: 9481 - Firefox <1.0.7 \x26 Mozilla <1.7.12 DOM Objects Spoofing via XBL Control, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2005-1824

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/10/2019 17:02
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (84), 06/10/2019 17:02 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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