Mozilla Firefox 2.0 Cross Site Scripting Protection privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 2.0. It has been declared as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Cross Site Scripting Protection. The manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-6507. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 2.0 (Web Browser). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is some unknown processing of the component Cross Site Scripting Protection. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

Mozilla Firefox 2.0 before 2.0.0.1 allows remote attackers to bypass Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) protection via vectors related to a Function.prototype regression error.

The weakness was presented 12/19/2006 by Vladimir Vukicevic (moz_bug_r_a4) as MFSA2006-72 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-6507 since 12/13/2006. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 23991 (GLSA-200701-02 : 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165111 (SUSE Security Update for Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird (SUSE-SA:2006:080)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at mozilla.org. 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 9089.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (30979), Tenable (23991), SecurityFocus (BID 21668†), OSVDB (31339†) and Secunia (SA23282†). See VDB-2774, VDB-2770, VDB-2771 and VDB-2777 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 23991
Nessus Name: GLSA-200701-02 : Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 850090
OpenVAS Name: SurgeMail SurgeWeb Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: mozilla.org
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2006-72
Researcher: Vladimir Vukicevic (moz_bug_r_a4)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-6507 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-6507
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2778
X-Force: 30979
SecurityFocus: 21668 - Mozilla Firefox/SeaMonkey/Thunderbird Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 23282 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 31339 - Mozilla Firefox Regression Outer Window's Function Object XSS
SecurityTracker: 1017422 - Mozilla Firefox Outer Window Function Object Lets Remote Users Bypass Cross-Site Scripting Protections
Vulnerability Center: 13433 - Mozilla Firefox XSS via Function.prototype Regression Error, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-5068

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/21/2006 10:15
Updated: 03/15/2021 06:40
Changes: 12/21/2006 10:15 (88), 01/31/2018 09:52 (10), 03/15/2021 06:40 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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