Netscape Navigator 7.2/8.1 Installation information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Netscape Navigator 7.2/8.1. Affected is an unknown function of the component Installation. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2006-2613. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Netscape Navigator 7.2/8.1 (Web Browser). This affects an unknown code of the component Installation. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Suite 1.7.13, Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.3 and possibly other versions before before 1.8.0, and Netscape 7.2 and 8.1, and possibly other versions and products, allows remote user-assisted attackers to obtain information such as the installation path by causing exceptions to be thrown and checking the message contents.

The bug was discovered 05/21/2006. The weakness was disclosed 05/25/2006 by Martin as Bug 267645 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-2613 since 05/25/2006. 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. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 23892 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : mozilla-firefox (MDKSA-2006:143-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 1.7.13 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (26667), Tenable (23892), SecurityFocus (BID 18083†), OSVDB (25901†) and Secunia (SA20244†). The entries VDB-2993 and VDB-30713 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 23892
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : mozilla-firefox (MDKSA-2006:143-1)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Navigator 1.7.13

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06/19/2019 +1560 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: netscape.com

Advisory: Bug 267645
Researcher: Martin
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2006-2613 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2613
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-30447
X-Force: 26667
SecurityFocus: 18083 - Multiple Browsers Exception Handling Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 20244
OSVDB: 25901 - Mozilla window.sidebar.addSearchEngine() JavaScript exception path disclosure
Vulnerability Center: 11689 - Multiple Web-Browsers Path Disclosure via JavaScript Exception, Medium

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Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 06/19/2019 16:14
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (73), 06/19/2019 16:14 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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