Mozilla Firefox FireBug cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox. It has been declared as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component FireBug. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-1878. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser) (version now known) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component FireBug. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Cross-zone scripting vulnerability in the DOM templates (domplates) used by the console.log function in the Firebug extension before 1.03 for Mozilla Firefox allows remote attackers to bypass zone restrictions, read arbitrary file:// URIs, or execute arbitrary code in the browser chrome, as demonstrated via the runFile function, related to lack of HTML escaping in the property name.

The weakness was disclosed 04/05/2007 by pdp (Website). The advisory is available at gnucitizen.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-1878 since 04/05/2007. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at addons.mozilla.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (33451), SecurityFocus (BID 23315†), OSVDB (34121†) and Secunia (SA24743†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: addons.mozilla.org

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: gnucitizen.org
Researcher: pdp
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-1878 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-1878
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3002
X-Force: 33451 - Mozilla Firefox Firebug Extension console.log() function security bypass, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 23315 - FireBug Cross Zone Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 24743 - Mozilla Firefox Firebug Extension Two Cross-Context Scripting Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 34121 - Firebug Extension for Mozilla Firefox console.log Function Property Name Cross-Zone Scripting
Vupen: ADV-2007-1272

Entryinfo

Created: 04/16/2007 13:30
Updated: 03/31/2019 16:01
Changes: 04/16/2007 13:30 (72), 03/31/2019 16:01 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:A12:103

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