Mozilla Firefox prior 1.0 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Mozilla Firefox. This vulnerability affects unknown code. This manipulation causes access control. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-4059. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. 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. The summary by CVE is:

The XPConnect component in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.17 allows remote attackers to "pollute XPCNativeWrappers" and execute arbitrary code with chrome privileges via vectors related to a SCRIPT element.

The bug was discovered 09/23/2008. The weakness was shared 09/24/2008 by Georgi Guninski (moz_bug_r_a4) with Martijn Wargers as Bug 419848 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-4059 since 09/12/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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 34278 (CentOS 3 / 4 : seamonkey (CESA-2008:0882)), 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 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 days 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 (45352), Tenable (34278), SecurityFocus (BID 31346†), OSVDB (48770†) and Secunia (SA31984†). The entries VDB-44216, VDB-44189, VDB-44188 and VDB-44187 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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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: 34278
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 / 4 : seamonkey (CESA-2008:0882)
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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 419848
Researcher: Georgi Guninski (moz_bug_r_a4)
Organization: Martijn Wargers
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-4059 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4059
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-44179

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X-Force: 45352
SecurityFocus: 31346 - Mozilla Firefox/SeaMonkey/Thunderbird Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 31984
OSVDB: 48770 - CVE-2008-4059 - Mozilla - Firefox - Code Execution Issue
SecurityTracker: 1020915
Vulnerability Center: 19555 - Mozilla Firefox < 2.0.0.17 XPConnect Component Remote \, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-2661

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/17/2019 12:23
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (81), 08/17/2019 12:23 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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