Mozilla Firefox up to 3.0.4 Same Origin Policy information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Mozilla Firefox. This affects an unknown function of the component Same Origin Policy. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-5507. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). Affected is an unknown function of the component Same Origin Policy. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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 allow remote attackers to bypass the same origin policy and access portions of data from another domain via a JavaScript URL that redirects to the target resource, which generates an error if the target data does not have JavaScript syntax, which can be accessed using the window.onerror DOM API.

The weakness was published 12/17/2008 by Jesse Ruderman (moz_bug_r_a4) as Bug 461735 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-5507 since 12/12/2008. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The successful exploitation requires a authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 35251 (Firefox < 2.0.0.20 Cross Domain Data Theft), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. 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 (47413), Tenable (35251), SecurityFocus (BID 32882†), Secunia (SA33231†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1021423†). Similar entries are available at VDB-45575, VDB-45574, VDB-45573 and VDB-45572. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 35251
Nessus Name: Firefox < 2.0.0.20 Cross Domain Data Theft
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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 461735
Researcher: Jesse Ruderman (moz_bug_r_a4)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-5507 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-5507
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-45570

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X-Force: 47413
SecurityFocus: 32882 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 33231 - Ubuntu update for firefox, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1021423 - Mozilla Firefox window.onerror DOM API Lets Remote Users Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information
Vulnerability Center: 20266 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Window.Onerror DOM API Remote Bypass Restrictions, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-0977

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/03/2021 16:48
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (69), 04/13/2017 12:26 (19), 08/03/2021 16:48 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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