Mozilla Firefox prior 1.0 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox and classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2007-3285. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.5, when run on Windows, allows remote attackers to bypass file type checks and possibly execute programs via a (1) file:/// or (2) resource: URI with a dangerous extension, followed by a NULL byte (%00) and a safer extension, which causes Firefox to treat the requested file differently than Windows would.

The bug was discovered 06/06/2007. The weakness was published 07/17/2007 as Bug 383478 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-3285 since 06/20/2007. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 14 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 25780 (Debian DSA-1337-1 : xulrunner - several vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165059 (SUSE Security Update for Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, SeaMonkey (SUSE-SA:2007:049)).

Upgrading to version 1.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 5 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (35139), Tenable (25780), SecurityFocus (BID 24447†), OSVDB (38032†) and Secunia (SA26258†). Similar entries are available at VDB-3171 and VDB-3922. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 25780
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-1337-1 : xulrunner - several vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 58469
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1337-1 (xulrunner)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0

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06/20/2007 +8 days 🔍
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07/17/2007 +27 days 🔍
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10/21/2007 +75 days 🔍
03/15/2015 +2701 days 🔍
07/23/2019 +1591 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 383478
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-3285 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-3285
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-37355

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X-Force: 35139
SecurityFocus: 24447 - Mozilla Firefox URLBar Null Byte File Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 26258
OSVDB: 38032 - Mozilla Firefox File Extension Null Byte File Type Check Bypass
SecurityTracker: 1018413
Vulnerability Center: 15820 - Mozilla Firefox Remote Code Execution Using URLBar Null Byte, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-4256

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

Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 07/23/2019 10:47
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (91), 07/23/2019 10:47 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:105:103

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