Mozilla Firefox up to 3.0.4 Same Origin Policy cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Same Origin Policy. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-5511. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Same Origin Policy. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. 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 and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via an XBL binding to an "unloaded document."

The weakness was presented 12/17/2008 by Jesse Ruderman (moz_bug_r_a4) as Bug 464174 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-5511 since 12/12/2008. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for 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 T1059.007 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 (47417), Tenable (43721), SecurityFocus (BID 32882†), Secunia (SA33231†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1021418†). See VDB-45575, VDB-45574, VDB-45572 and VDB-45571 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.9

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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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 464174
Researcher: Jesse Ruderman (moz_bug_r_a4)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-5511 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-5511
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-45573

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X-Force: 47417
SecurityFocus: 32882 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 33231 - Ubuntu update for firefox, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1021418 - Mozilla Firefox Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Scripting Code
Vulnerability Center: 20270 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability via XBL Binding, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-0977

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/03/2021 17:10
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (68), 04/13/2017 12:26 (19), 08/03/2021 17:10 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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