Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird up to 1.5.0.6 Certificates authentication spoofing

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird up to 1.5.0.6. It has been rated as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component Certificates. This manipulation causes authentication spoofing. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2006-4567. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird up to 1.5.0.6 (Web Browser) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Certificates. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication spoofing vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-290. This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.7 and Thunderbird before 1.5.0.7 makes it easy for users to accept self-signed certificates for the auto-update mechanism, which might allow remote user-assisted attackers to use DNS spoofing to trick users into visiting a malicious site and accepting a malicious certificate for the Mozilla update site, which can then be used to install arbitrary code on the next update.

The bug was discovered 09/14/2006. The weakness was published 09/15/2006 by Martijn Wargers (shutdown) with Martijn Wargers (Website). The advisory is shared at redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-4567 since 09/06/2006. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22424 (CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2006:0675)), 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 1.5.0.7 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9090.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (28950), Tenable (22424), SecurityFocus (BID 20042†), OSVDB (28845†) and Secunia (SA21906†). Similar entries are available at VDB-2544, VDB-2547, VDB-2543 and VDB-2548. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.4

VulDB Base Score: 3.7
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Class: Authentication spoofing
CWE: CWE-290 / CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 22424
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2006:0675)
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OpenVAS ID: 57373
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox/Thunderbird 1.5.0.7
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07/08/2019 +1579 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: redhat.com
Researcher: Martijn Wargers (shutdown)
Organization: Martijn Wargers
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-4567 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-4567
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-32305

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X-Force: 28950
SecurityFocus: 20042 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/Seamonkey Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 21906 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 28845 - CVE-2006-4567 - Mozilla - Firefox And Thunderbird - Spoofing Issue
SecurityTracker: 1016850
Vulnerability Center: 12718 - Mozilla Web-Browsers DNS Spoofing leads to Arbitrary Code Execution on Auto Update, Low
Vupen: ADV-2006-3617

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 15:51
Updated: 07/08/2019 16:17
Changes: 03/12/2015 15:51 (82), 07/08/2019 16:17 (13)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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