Mozilla Firefox up to 2.0.0.14 .properties File information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Mozilla Firefox. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component .properties File Handler. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-2807. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). This affects some unknown processing of the component .properties File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.15 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.10 do not properly handle an invalid .properties file for an add-on, which allows remote attackers to read uninitialized memory, as demonstrated by use of ISO 8859 encoding instead of UTF-8 encoding in a French .properties file.

The weakness was published 07/02/2008 by Daniel Glazman with Mozilla as MFSA2008-30 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-2807 since 06/20/2008. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. 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 33399 (CentOS 3 / 4 : seamonkey (CESA-2008:0547)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115851 (Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 2.0.0.15 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (50656), Tenable (33399), SecurityFocus (BID 30038†), OSVDB (46679†) and Secunia (SA30911†). Similar entries are available at VDB-3756, VDB-3757, VDB-3758 and VDB-3759. 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: 33399
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 / 4 : seamonkey (CESA-2008:0547)
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OpenVAS ID: 61282
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1607-1 (iceweasel)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 2.0.0.15

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2008-30
Researcher: Daniel Glazman
Organization: Mozilla
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-2807 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-2807
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3765

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X-Force: 50656 - Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey .properties file information disclosure, Low Risk
SecurityFocus: 30038 - Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.14 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 30911 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 46679 - Mozilla Multiple Browser Add-on .properties File Arbitrary Memory Disclosure
SecurityTracker: 1020419 - Mozilla Firefox 2.0 Has Multiple Bugs That Permit Remote Code Execution, Certificate Spoofing, Cross-Site Scripting, and Other Impacts
Vulnerability Center: 18723 - Mozilla Firefox < 2.0.0.15 and SeaMonkey < 1.1.10 Encoding Error Allows Invalid Use of Memory, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-1993

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/18/2008 12:33
Updated: 03/16/2021 16:44
Changes: 07/18/2008 12:33 (90), 09/05/2019 13:37 (10), 03/16/2021 16:44 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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