Mozilla 1.7.12 authentication spoofing

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Mozilla 1.7.12. Impacted is an unknown function. This manipulation causes authentication spoofing. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2007-3144. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Mozilla 1.7.12 (Web Browser). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. 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 confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Visual truncation vulnerability in Mozilla 1.7.12 allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar and possibly conduct phishing attacks via a long hostname, which is truncated after a certain number of characters, as demonstrated by a phishing attack using HTTP Basic Authentication.

The weakness was disclosed 06/04/2007 by Alex (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-3144 since 06/11/2007. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115570 (Opera Web Browser Basic Authentication Server Domain Spoofing Vulnerability).

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (34983), SecurityFocus (BID 24352†) and OSVDB (43466†). The entries VDB-37208, VDB-37206 and VDB-37205 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Web Browser

Name

• Mozilla

Version

• 1.7.12

License

• open-source

CPE 2.3info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4

VulDB Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.4
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authentication spoofing
CWE: CWE-290 / CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Unproven

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

06/04/2007 🔍
06/04/2007 +0 days 🔍
06/11/2007 +7 days 🔍
06/11/2007 +0 days 🔍
03/22/2008 +285 days 🔍
03/15/2015 +2548 days 🔍
09/03/2018 +1268 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Alex
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-3144 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-3144
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-37207
X-Force: 34983 - Multiple vendors HTTP basic authentication spoofing
SecurityFocus: 24352 - Opera Web Browser Basic Authentication Server Domain Spoofing Vulnerability
OSVDB: 43466 - Mozilla Hostname Basic Authentication Status Bar Truncation Spoofing

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 09/03/2018 08:23
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (58), 09/03/2018 08:23 (1)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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