Mozilla Firefox prior 1.0 elem.doCommand access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file elem.doCommand. Executing a manipulation can lead to access control. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-3836. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the file elem.doCommand. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

feedWriter in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.17 allows remote attackers to execute scripts with chrome privileges via vectors related to feed preview and the (1) elem.doCommand, (2) elem.dispatchEvent, (3) _setTitleText, (4) _setTitleImage, and (5) _initSubscriptionUI functions.

The bug was discovered 09/23/2008. The weakness was released 09/24/2008 by Georgi Guninski (moz_bug_r_a4) with Martijn Wargers as Bug 430658 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-3836 since 08/27/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

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 34371 (Debian DSA-1649-1 : iceweasel - several vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165702 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update Mozilla (SUSE-SA:2008:050)).

Upgrading to version 1.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9130.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (45350), Tenable (34371), SecurityFocus (BID 31346†), OSVDB (56782†) and Secunia (SA31984†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-44216, VDB-44189, VDB-44188 and VDB-44187. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.6
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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: 34371
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-1649-1 : iceweasel - several vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 61770
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1649-1 (iceweasel)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 430658
Researcher: Georgi Guninski (moz_bug_r_a4)
Organization: Martijn Wargers
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-3836 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-3836
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-44176

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X-Force: 45350
SecurityFocus: 31346 - Mozilla Firefox/SeaMonkey/Thunderbird Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 31984
OSVDB: 56782 - CVE-2008-3836 - Mozilla - Firefox - Script Execution Issue
SecurityTracker: 1020914
Vulnerability Center: 19567 - Mozilla Firefox < 2.0.0.17 FeedWriter Remote Scripts Execution, High
Vupen: ADV-2008-2661

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/17/2019 14:39
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (82), 08/17/2019 14:39 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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