Mozilla Firefox 3 URI Launcher input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 3. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component URI Launcher. The manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2008-2933. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 3 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component URI Launcher. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.16, and 3.x before 3.0.1, interprets | (pipe) characters in a command-line URI as requests to open multiple tabs, which allows remote attackers to access chrome:i URIs, or read arbitrary local files via manipulations involving a series of URIs that is not entirely handled by a vector application, as exploited in conjunction with CVE-2008-2540. NOTE: this issue exists because of an insufficient fix for CVE-2005-2267.

The weakness was published 07/16/2008 by Billy Rios as MFSA2008-35 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-2933 since 06/30/2008. 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. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 43699 (CentOS 5 : firefox (CESA-2008:0597)), 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 119095 (Red Hat Update for Firefox (RHSA-2008:0597)).

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (43832), Tenable (43699), SecurityFocus (BID 30242†), OSVDB (47465†) and Secunia (SA31120†). Similar entries are available at VDB-3734, VDB-3786 and VDB-43270. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 43699
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 : firefox (CESA-2008:0597)
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OpenVAS ID: 61365
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1614-1 (iceweasel)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: mozilla.org

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2008-35
Researcher: Billy Rios
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-2933 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-2933
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3785

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X-Force: 43832 - Mozilla Firefox chrome: and file: command line URI security bypass, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 30242 - Mozilla Firefox URI Splitting Security Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 31120 - Mozilla Firefox 2 URI Launching Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 47465 - Mozilla Firefox Command-line URI Handling Pipe Character Arbitrary File Access
SecurityTracker: 1020500 - Mozilla Firefox Command-line URL Processing Bug Lets Remote Users Open Tabs and Execute Arbitrary Code
Vupen: ADV-2009-0977

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/12/2008 16:20
Updated: 12/30/2024 02:13
Changes: 08/12/2008 16:20 (82), 01/31/2018 09:54 (4), 03/16/2021 17:16 (7), 03/16/2021 17:23 (1), 12/30/2024 02:13 (15)
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