Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11 code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11. The impacted element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to code injection. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2008-0417. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

CRLF injection vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12 allows remote user-assisted web sites to corrupt the user s password store via newlines that are not properly handled when the user saves a password.

The bug was discovered 02/07/2008. The weakness was released 02/08/2008 by Gerry Eisenhaur with Martijn Wargers as Bug 394610 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-0417 since 01/23/2008. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.

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 30220 (CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2008:0103)), 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 165669 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update Mozilla Firefox and Seamonkey (SUSE-SA:2008:008)).

Upgrading to version 2.0.0.11 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 1 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (40384), Tenable (30220), SecurityFocus (BID 27683†), OSVDB (41224†) and Secunia (SA28766†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-3567, VDB-3585, VDB-3584 and VDB-3583. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 30220
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2008:0103)
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OpenVAS ID: 60363
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1484-1 (xulrunner)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 2.0.0.11

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 394610
Researcher: Gerry Eisenhaur
Organization: Martijn Wargers
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-0417 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-0417
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-40916

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X-Force: 40384
SecurityFocus: 27683 - Mozilla Thunderbird/Seamonkey/Firefox 2.0.0.11 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 28766
OSVDB: 41224 - CVE-2008-0417 - Mozilla - Firefox - CRLF Injection Issue
SecurityTracker: 1019334
Vulnerability Center: 17556 - Mozilla Firefox < 2.0.0.12 CRLF Injection Allows Remote Corruption of Users' Passwords, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-0453

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 08/04/2019 17:01
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (80), 08/04/2019 17:01 (12)
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Cache ID: 216:679:103

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