Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird up to 2.0.12 Wrapper code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird up to 2.0.12. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Wrapper. The manipulation leads to code injection. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-1233. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird up to 2.0.12 (Web Browser). This issue affects an unknown code of the component Wrapper. 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.13, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via "XPCNativeWrapper pollution."

The weakness was disclosed 03/27/2008 by Gregory Fleischer (moz_bug_r_a4) with Mozilla Developers (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-1233 since 03/10/2008. 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 T1059 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 67677 (Oracle Linux 4 : thunderbird (ELSA-2008-0209)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165678 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update Mozilla Firefox (SUSE-SA:2008:019)).

Upgrading to version 1.1.8 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 1 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41443), Tenable (67677), SecurityFocus (BID 28448†), OSVDB (43864†) and Secunia (SA29391†). The entries VDB-38765, VDB-40968, VDB-41733 and VDB-41723 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 67677
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 4 : thunderbird (ELSA-2008-0209)
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OpenVAS ID: 60653
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1532-1 (xulrunner)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox/Thunderbird 1.1.8
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03/10/2008 🔍
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03/27/2008 +1 days 🔍
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03/16/2015 +612 days 🔍
12/30/2024 +3576 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Gregory Fleischer (moz_bug_r_a4)
Organization: Mozilla Developers
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-1233 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1233
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41717

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X-Force: 41443
SecurityFocus: 28448 - Mozilla Thunderbird/Seamonkey/Firefox 2.0.0.12 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 29391 - Red Hat update for seamonkey, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 43864 - Mozilla Multiple Products XPCNativeWrapper tabbrowser.xml Multiple Function Privilege Escalation
SecurityTracker: 1019694
Vulnerability Center: 18029 - Mozilla Firefox Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Remote Code Execution Related to XPCNativeWrappers, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-0999

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 12/30/2024 00:34
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (92), 08/07/2019 18:57 (3), 12/30/2024 00:34 (17)
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