Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0.6 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0.6. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2005-2706. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0.6 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Firefox before 1.0.7 and Mozilla before Suite 1.7.12 allows remote attackers to execute Javascript with chrome privileges via an about: page such as about:mozilla.

The bug was discovered 09/21/2005. The weakness was published 09/22/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-2706 since 08/26/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are 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 $25k-$100k. 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 19 hours after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9081.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (22378), Tenable (21963), SecurityFocus (BID 15495†), OSVDB (19648†) and Secunia (SA16911†). Similar entries are available at VDB-779, VDB-1326, VDB-1757 and VDB-1758. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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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 🔍
09/21/2005 +26 days 🔍
09/22/2005 +1 days 🔍
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07/05/2006 +229 days 🔍
03/11/2015 +3171 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-2706 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2706
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26405

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X-Force: 22378
SecurityFocus: 15495 - SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7 Maintenance Pack 4 Released - Multiple Vulnerabilities Fixed
Secunia: 16911 - Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 19648 - Mozilla Multiple Browsers about: Page Privilege Escalation
SecurityTracker: 1014954
Vulnerability Center: 9433 - Firefox<1.0.7 \x26 Mozilla <1.7.12 JavaScript Execution via About: Page, High
Vupen: ADV-2005-1824

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/10/2019 14:08
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (95), 06/10/2019 14:08 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:061:103

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