Mozilla Firefox 3 XUL input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 3. It has been declared as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component XUL. The manipulation results in input validation. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2008-2933. The attack can be executed remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 3 (Web Browser). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is some unknown processing of the component XUL. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

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 released 07/16/2008 by Ben Turner Dan Veditz with Mozilla Developers as MFSA2008-35 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-2933 since 06/30/2008. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available.

It is declared as highly functional. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $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 (44199), Tenable (43699), SecurityFocus (BID 30244†), OSVDB (48782†) and Secunia (SA31106†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-3734, VDB-3785 and VDB-43270. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Highly functional

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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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: mozilla.org

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2008-35
Researcher: Ben Turner Dan Veditz
Organization: Mozilla Developers
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-2933 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-2933
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3786

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X-Force: 44199 - Mozilla Firefox chrome cross-site scripting, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 30244 - Mozilla Firefox 'chrome' Document Unspecified Script Injection Weakness
Secunia: 31106 - Mozilla Firefox 3 URI Launching and XUL Error Page Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 48782 - Mozilla Firefox XUL Error Page Chrome Document Arbitrary Script Injection
SecurityTracker: 1020500 - Mozilla Firefox Command-line URL Processing Bug Lets Remote Users Open Tabs and Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 18834 - Mozilla Firefox 2-2.0.15 and 3-3.0 Beta 5 Security-Bypass Vulnerability due to URL-Splitting Error, Low
Vupen: ADV-2009-0977

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

Created: 08/12/2008 16:20
Updated: 04/22/2025 19:55
Changes: 08/12/2008 16:20 (90), 01/31/2018 09:53 (10), 03/16/2021 17:27 (2), 12/30/2024 02:13 (15), 04/22/2025 19:55 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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