Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.7 Sidebar information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.7. This affects an unknown function of the component Sidebar. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-5335. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.7 (Web Browser). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Sidebar. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox 2.0 before 2.0.0.8 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive system information by using the addMicrosummaryGenerator sidebar method to access file: URIs.

The bug was discovered 08/05/2007. The weakness was released 10/18/2007 as Bug 390983 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-5335 since 10/10/2007. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 74 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 27786 (Fedora 7 : firefox-2.0.0.8-1.fc7 (2007-2664)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 2.0.0.7 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 (37428), Tenable (27786), SecurityFocus (BID 22688†), OSVDB (42470†) and Secunia (SA27335†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-3404 and VDB-35389. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 27786
Nessus Name: Fedora 7 : firefox-2.0.0.8-1.fc7 (2007-2664)
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OpenVAS ID: 861415
OpenVAS Name: Family Connections argv[1] Parameter Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 2.0.0.7

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02/23/2007 🔍
08/05/2007 +163 days 🔍
10/10/2007 +66 days 🔍
10/18/2007 +8 days 🔍
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11/19/2007 +13 days 🔍
03/03/2008 +105 days 🔍
03/16/2015 +2568 days 🔍
07/29/2021 +2327 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 390983
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2007-5335 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-5335
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-39421

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X-Force: 37428
SecurityFocus: 22688
Secunia: 27335 - Ubuntu update for firefox, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 42470 - Mozilla Firefox addMicrosummaryGenerator sidebar Method Remote Information Disclosure
Vulnerability Center: 16891 - Mozilla Firefox Vulnerability Allows Remote Attackers to Obtain Sensitive System Information, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 12:18
Updated: 07/29/2021 14:29
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (82), 07/31/2019 10:33 (1), 07/29/2021 14:29 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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