Mozilla Firefox up to 2.0.0.3 authentication spoofing

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Mozilla Firefox. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to authentication spoofing. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2007-2871. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication spoofing vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-290. This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.x before 1.5.0.12 and 2.x before 2.0.0.4, and SeaMonkey 1.0.9 and 1.1.2, allows remote attackers to spoof or hide the browser chrome, such as the location bar, by placing XUL popups outside of the browser s content pane. NOTE: this issue can be leveraged for phishing and other attacks.

The bug was discovered 05/30/2007. The weakness was presented 05/30/2007 by Martijn Wargers (moz_bug_r_a4) with Martijn Wargers (Website). The advisory is available at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-2871 since 05/29/2007. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not 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 36608 (CentOS 4 / 5 : devhelp / firefox / yelp (CESA-2007:0400)), 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 156165 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for Thunderbird (ELSA-2007-0401)).

Upgrading to version 1.5.x eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 8965.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (34606), Tenable (36608), SecurityFocus (BID 24242†), OSVDB (35137†) and Secunia (SA25469†). See VDB-36189, VDB-37057, VDB-37056 and VDB-37055 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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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: 36608
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 / 5 : devhelp / firefox / yelp (CESA-2007:0400)
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OpenVAS ID: 58351
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1300-1 (iceape)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.5.x
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Martijn Wargers (moz_bug_r_a4)
Organization: Martijn Wargers
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-2871 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-2871
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-37058

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X-Force: 34606
SecurityFocus: 24242 - Mozilla Products Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 25469
OSVDB: 35137 - Mozilla Multiple Browser XUL Popup Spoofing
SecurityTracker: 1018155
Vulnerability Center: 15279 - Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey Remote Spoofing of the Browser Chrome, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-1994

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 07/20/2019 10:09
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (79), 07/20/2019 10:09 (14)
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Cache ID: 216:361:103

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