Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird up to 2.0.12 improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird up to 2.0.12. Affected is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to improper authentication. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2008-1238. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird up to 2.0.12 (Web Browser). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.13 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.9, when generating the HTTP Referer header, does not list the entire URL when it contains Basic Authentication credentials without a username, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass application protection mechanisms that rely on Referer headers, such as with some Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) mechanisms.

The bug was discovered 03/25/2008. The weakness was disclosed 03/27/2008 by Gregory Fleischer (moz_bug_r_a4) with Mozilla Developers (Website). The advisory is available at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-1238 since 03/10/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 31684 (CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2008:0207)), 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 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 immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41449), Tenable (31684), SecurityFocus (BID 28448†), OSVDB (43849†) and Secunia (SA29391†). The entries VDB-3645, VDB-38765, VDB-40968 and VDB-41733 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.9

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
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Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 31684
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2008:0207)
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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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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-2008-1238 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1238
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41722

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X-Force: 41449
SecurityFocus: 28448 - Mozilla Thunderbird/Seamonkey/Firefox 2.0.0.12 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 29391 - Red Hat update for seamonkey, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 43849 - CVE-2008-1238 - Mozilla - Multiple Products - Security Bypass Issue
SecurityTracker: 1019703
Vulnerability Center: 18036 - Mozilla Firefox <2.0.0.13 and SeaMonkey < 1.1.9 Cross-Site Request Forgery, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-0998

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 08/07/2019 20:32
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (88), 08/07/2019 20:32 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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