Mozilla Firefox 3.0 HTTPOnly Cookie access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Mozilla Firefox 3.0. This affects an unknown part of the component HTTPOnly Cookie Handler. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2009-0357. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 3.0 (Web Browser) and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component HTTPOnly Cookie Handler. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.6 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.15 do not properly restrict access from web pages to the (1) Set-Cookie and (2) Set-Cookie2 HTTP response headers, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from cookies via XMLHttpRequest calls, related to the HTTPOnly protection mechanism.

The bug was discovered 02/03/2009. The weakness was shared 02/04/2009 by Georgi Guninski (moz_bug_r_a4) with Mozilla (Website). The advisory is shared at secunia.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-0357 since 01/29/2009. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 35590 (CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2009:0256)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116184 (Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities (MFSA 2009-01 to -06 RHSA-2009:0256 RHSA-2009:0257)).

Upgrading to version 3.0.6 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (48463), Tenable (35590), SecurityFocus (BID 33598†), OSVDB (51926†) and Secunia (SA33799†). The entries VDB-3928, VDB-3924, VDB-3930 and VDB-3925 are related to this item. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.4

VulDB Base Score: 3.7
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 35590
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2009:0256)
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OpenVAS ID: 63696
OpenVAS Name: Slackware Advisory SSA:2009-083-02 seamonkey
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 3.0.6

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: Georgi Guninski (moz_bug_r_a4)
Organization: Mozilla
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-0357 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-0357
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3929

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X-Force: 48463
SecurityFocus: 33598 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey MFSA 2009 -01 to -06 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 33799
OSVDB: 51926 - Mozilla Multiple Products XMLHttpRequest Call Set-Cookie Response Header Restriction Bypass
SecurityTracker: 1021668
Vulnerability Center: 20734 - Mozilla Firefox <3.0.6 and SeaMonkey <1.1.15 XMLHttpRequest Reading HTTPOnly Cookies Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-0313

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Entryinfo

Created: 02/19/2009 17:15
Updated: 08/26/2019 15:49
Changes: 02/19/2009 17:15 (98), 08/26/2019 15:49 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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