Mozilla Firefox up to 2.0.0.11 Dialog Error information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 2.0.0.11. It has been classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Dialog Error Handler. This manipulation causes information disclosure. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-0593. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 2.0.0.11 (Web Browser). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Dialog Error Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Gecko-based browsers, including Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.8, modify the .href property of stylesheet DOM nodes to the final URI of a 302 redirect, which might allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and read sensitive information from the original URL, such as with Single-Signon systems.

The weakness was shared 02/08/2008 by Michal Zalewski with Martijn Wargers as MFSA2008-10 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-0593 since 02/05/2008. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. 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 scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 31622 (openSUSE 10 Security Update : epiphany (epiphany-5102)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115710 (Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities February 2008 Security Update (MFSA 2008-01 through MFSA 2008-10)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at mozilla.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (40385), Tenable (31622), SecurityFocus (BID 27683†), Secunia (SA28758†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1019341†). The entries VDB-3585, VDB-3584, VDB-3583 and VDB-3588 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 31622
Nessus Name: openSUSE 10 Security Update : epiphany (epiphany-5102)
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OpenVAS ID: 60363
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1484-1 (xulrunner)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: mozilla.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2008-10
Researcher: Michal Zalewski
Organization: Martijn Wargers
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-0593 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-0593
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3589

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X-Force: 40385
SecurityFocus: 27683 - Mozilla Thunderbird/Seamonkey/Firefox 2.0.0.11 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 28758 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1019341 - Mozilla Firefox Stylesheet Processing Bug May Let Remote Users Obtain URL Parameters
Vulnerability Center: 17560 - Mozilla Firefox < 2.0.0.12 and SeaMonkey < 1.1.8 Remote Sensitive Information Disclosure, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-0453

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Entryinfo

Created: 02/18/2008 09:57
Updated: 03/16/2021 11:52
Changes: 02/18/2008 09:57 (85), 01/31/2018 09:53 (10), 03/16/2021 11:52 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:86F:103

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