Mozilla Firefox up to 2.0.8 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 2.0.8. Impacted is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-1095. The attack may be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 2.0.8 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.8 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.5 do not properly implement JavaScript onUnload handlers, which allows remote attackers to run certain JavaScript code and access the location DOM hierarchy in the context of the next web site that is visited by a client.

The weakness was shared 10/19/2007 by L. David Baron, Boris Zbarsky, Georgi Guninski and Pa as MFSA2007-29 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-1095 since 02/26/2007. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is available at lcamtuf.coredump.cx. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 67593 (Oracle Linux 4 : thunderbird (ELSA-2007-0981)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 156031 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for Firefox (ELSA-2007-0979)).

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 1 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (32647), Tenable (67593), SecurityFocus (BID 22688†), OSVDB (33809†) and Secunia (SA28398†). The entries VDB-2297, VDB-2296, VDB-2298 and VDB-2958 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 67593
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 4 : thunderbird (ELSA-2007-0981)
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OpenVAS ID: 58689
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1392-1 (xulrunner)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: mozilla.org

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02/23/2007 🔍
02/26/2007 +3 days 🔍
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04/01/2007 +34 days 🔍
10/19/2007 +200 days 🔍
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11/01/2007 +12 days 🔍
01/09/2008 +69 days 🔍
07/12/2013 +2011 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2007-29
Researcher: L. David Baron, Boris Zbarsky, Georgi Guninski, Pa
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-1095 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-1095
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3404

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X-Force: 32647
SecurityFocus: 22688 - Mozilla Firefox OnUnload Javascript Browser Entrapment Vulnerability
Secunia: 28398 - HP-UX update for Firefox, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 33809 - Mozilla Firefox JavaScript onUnload Handler Site Tailgating
SecurityTracker: 1018837 - Mozilla Firefox May Disclose Files or Information to Remote Users
Vupen: ADV-2007-3587

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 11/01/2007 09:21
Updated: 03/16/2021 07:02
Changes: 11/01/2007 09:21 (83), 01/31/2018 09:52 (9), 03/16/2021 06:56 (7), 03/16/2021 07:02 (1)
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