Mozilla Firefox up to 3.0.4 Same Origin Policy access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Same Origin Policy. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-5506. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Same Origin Policy. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5 and 2.x before 2.0.0.19, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.19, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.14 allows remote attackers to bypass the same origin policy by causing the browser to issue an XMLHttpRequest to an attacker-controlled resource that uses a 302 redirect to a resource in a different domain, then reading content from the response, aka "response disclosure."

The weakness was shared 12/17/2008 by Jesse Ruderman (moz_bug_r_a4) as Bug 458248 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-5506 since 12/12/2008. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 43721 (CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2008:1036)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165625 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update Mozilla (SUSE-SA:2009:002)).

Upgrading to version 1.0.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (47412), Tenable (43721), SecurityFocus (BID 32882†), Secunia (SA33231†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1021427†). The entries VDB-45575, VDB-45574, VDB-45573 and VDB-45572 are related to this item. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.7
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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: 43721
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2008:1036)
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OpenVAS ID: 63143
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1696-1 (icedove)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.9

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 458248
Researcher: Jesse Ruderman (moz_bug_r_a4)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-5506 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-5506
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-45569

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X-Force: 47412
SecurityFocus: 32882 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 33231 - Ubuntu update for firefox, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1021427 - Mozilla Firefox Permits Cross-Domain Responses to XMLHttpRequests to Be Accessed
Vulnerability Center: 20265 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey XMLHttpRequest Response Disclosure Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-0977

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/03/2021 16:40
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (68), 04/13/2017 12:26 (19), 08/03/2021 16:40 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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