Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11 chrome URI path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component chrome URI Handler. Performing a manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2008-0418. Moreover, an exploit is present. The affected component should be disabled.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11 (Web Browser). This affects an unknown code of the component chrome URI Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Directory traversal vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.12, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.8, when using "flat" addons, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary Javascript, image, and stylesheet files via the chrome: URI scheme, as demonstrated by stealing session information from sessionstore.js.

The bug was discovered 01/19/2008. The weakness was disclosed 01/24/2008 by Gerry Eisenhaur (moz_bug_r_a4) with isen (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at hiredhacker.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-0418 since 01/23/2008. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 5 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 30220 (CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2008:0103)), 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 165669 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update Mozilla Firefox and Seamonkey (SUSE-SA:2008:008)).

The best possible mitigation is suggested to be disabling the affected component. A possible mitigation has been published 3 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (40384), Exploit-DB (31051), Tenable (30220), SecurityFocus (BID 27406†) and OSVDB (41187†). The entries VDB-3588, VDB-3590, VDB-3586 and VDB-3587 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Access: Public
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Nessus ID: 30220
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2008:0103)
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OpenVAS ID: 60363
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1484-1 (xulrunner)
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Recommended: Disable
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: hiredhacker.com
Researcher: Gerry Eisenhaur (moz_bug_r_a4)
Organization: isen
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-0418 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-0418
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3567

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X-Force: 40384
SecurityFocus: 27406 - Mozilla Firefox chrome:// URI JavaScript File Request Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 28622
OSVDB: 41187 - Mozilla Firefox chrome: URI Traversal Local Script Inclusion
SecurityTracker: 1019329
Vulnerability Center: 17449 - Mozilla Firefox Chrome:// URI Vulnerability Allows Shell Commands Execution, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-0263

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

Created: 02/01/2008 13:51
Updated: 01/12/2025 02:28
Changes: 02/01/2008 13:51 (99), 08/04/2019 09:38 (4), 01/01/2025 07:24 (17), 01/12/2025 02:28 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:45E:103

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