Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird up to 1.5.0.3 code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird up to 1.5.0.3. It has been rated as critical. The affected element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in code injection. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2006-2780. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird up to 1.5.0.3 (Web Browser). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Integer overflow in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird before 1.5.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via "jsstr tagify," which leads to memory corruption.

The weakness was disclosed 06/02/2006 by Mikolaj J. Habryn (moz_bug_r_a4) with Cybozu Labs (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-2780 since 06/02/2006. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22163 (CentOS 4 : seamonkey (CESA-2006:0609)), 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 156230 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for Firefox (ELSA-2006:0733,ELSA-2006:0675,ELSA-2006:0610)).

Upgrading to version 1.5.0.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 4656.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (26843), Tenable (22163), SecurityFocus (BID 18228†), OSVDB (26301†) and Secunia (SA27216†). The entries VDB-2174, VDB-2283, VDB-2285 and VDB-2282 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 22163
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 : seamonkey (CESA-2006:0609)
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OpenVAS ID: 57153
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1118-1 (mozilla)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox/Thunderbird 1.5.0.4
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Mikolaj J. Habryn (moz_bug_r_a4)
Organization: Cybozu Labs
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-2780 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2780
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-30597

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X-Force: 26843
SecurityFocus: 18228 - Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey, Camino, and Thunderbird Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 27216 - Sun Solaris update for mozilla, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 26301 - CVE-2006-2780 - Mozilla - Firefox And Thunderbird - Integer Overflow Issue
SecurityTracker: 1016202
Vulnerability Center: 11891 - Mozilla Firefox \x26 Thunderbird DoS via \x27jsstr tagify\x27 Memory Corruption, High
Vupen: ADV-2006-2106

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 01/20/2025 20:03
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (91), 06/20/2019 16:34 (3), 01/20/2025 20:03 (17)
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