Mozilla Firefox up to 2.0.0.1 DOM Property locations.hostname access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox and classified as critical. The affected element is the function locations.hostname of the component DOM Property Handler. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-0981. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). This affects the function locations.hostname of the component DOM Property Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla based browsers, including Firefox before 1.5.0.10 and 2.x before 2.0.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.8, allow remote attackers to bypass the same origin policy, steal cookies, and conduct other attacks by writing a URI with a null byte to the hostname (location.hostname) DOM property, due to interactions with DNS resolver code.

The weakness was presented 02/15/2007 by Michal Zalewski as Bug 370445 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-0981 since 02/15/2007. 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 and a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at lists.grok.org.uk. 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 24703 (CentOS 3 / 4 : seamonkey (CESA-2007:0077)), 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 156209 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for Thunderbird (ELSA-2007:0078)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 5174.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (32533), Exploit-DB (3340), Tenable (24703), SecurityFocus (BID 22566†) and OSVDB (32104†). See VDB-2704, VDB-2963, VDB-11812 and VDB-35438 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 24703
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 / 4 : seamonkey (CESA-2007:0077)
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OpenVAS ID: 58468
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1336-1 (mozilla-firefox)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 370445
Researcher: Michal Zalewski
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-0981 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-0981
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2943

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X-Force: 32533 - Mozilla Firefox location.hostname property security bypass, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 22566 - Mozilla Firefox Location.Hostname Dom Property Cookie Theft Vulnerability
Secunia: 24175 - Mozilla Firefox "locations.hostname" DOM Property Handling Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 32104 - Mozilla Multiple Products location.hostname Null Byte URI Security Bypass
SecurityTracker: 1017654 - Mozilla Firefox 'location.hostname' Property Lets Remote Users Bypass Domain Security Restrictions
Vulnerability Center: 14414 - Mozilla Web Browsers Cross-Domain Bypass via Null Byte to the location.hostname DOM Property, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-0624

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

Created: 02/19/2007 16:47
Updated: 01/12/2025 18:07
Changes: 02/19/2007 16:47 (95), 05/02/2019 07:09 (15), 03/15/2021 09:46 (3), 01/12/2025 18:07 (19)
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Cache ID: 216:AA6:103

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