Mozilla Firefox up to 1.8 wyciwyg URI information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Mozilla Firefox. Impacted is an unknown function of the component wyciwyg URI Handler. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2007-3656. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser) and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component wyciwyg URI Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox before 1.8.0.13 and 1.8.1.x before 1.8.1.5 does not perform a security zone check when processing a wyciwyg URI, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, poison the browser cache, and possibly enable further attack vectors via (1) HTTP 302 redirect controls, (2) XMLHttpRequest, or (3) view-source URIs.

The bug was discovered 07/08/2007. The weakness was presented 07/10/2007 by Michal Zalewski (Website). The advisory is shared at lcamtuf.coredump.cx. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-3656 since 07/10/2007. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 25739 (CentOS 3 / 4 : seamonkey (CESA-2007:0722)), 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 156071 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for SeaMonkey (ELSA-2007-0722)).

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. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (35298), Tenable (25739), SecurityFocus (BID 24831†), OSVDB (38028†) and Secunia (SA25990†). See VDB-37883, VDB-37882, VDB-37881 and VDB-37880 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9

VulDB Base Score: 6.5
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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 25739
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 / 4 : seamonkey (CESA-2007:0722)
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OpenVAS ID: 58469
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1337-1 (xulrunner)
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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: lcamtuf.coredump.cx
Researcher: Michal Zalewski
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-3656 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-3656
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3173

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X-Force: 35298 - Mozilla Firefox wyciwyg:// cross-domain security bypass, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 24831 - Mozilla Firefox WYCIWYG:// URI Cache Zone Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 25990
OSVDB: 38028 - Mozilla Firefox wyciwyg:// Handler Cache Zone Bypass
SecurityTracker: 1018411
Vulnerability Center: 15777 - Mozilla Firefox < 2.0.5 Remote WCIWYG URI Security Zone Bypass Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-4256

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/18/2007 16:23
Updated: 07/23/2019 09:02
Changes: 07/18/2007 16:23 (101), 07/23/2019 09:02 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:A7B:103

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