Mozilla Firefox up to 9.0 Sync Key Exporter access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 9.0. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Sync Key Exporter. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-0450. Local access is required to approach this attack. Moreover, an exploit is present. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 9.0 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Sync Key Exporter. 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. CVE summarizes:

Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 9.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.7 on Linux and Mac OS X set weak permissions for Firefox Recovery Key.html, which might allow local users to read a Firefox Sync key via standard filesystem operations.

The weakness was disclosed 01/31/2012 as MFSA2012-09 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-0450 since 01/09/2012. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 802582 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165281 (SUSE Security Update for Mozilla Firefox (openSUSE-SU-2012:0234-1)).

Upgrading to version 10.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (72869), Tenable (802582), SecurityFocus (BID 51787†), OSVDB (78741†) and Secunia (SA47816†). The entries VDB-4588, VDB-4589, VDB-4590 and VDB-4594 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Access: Private
Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 802582
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OpenVAS ID: 70738
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 10.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2012-09
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-0450 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-0450
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-4592

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X-Force: 72869 - Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey Recovery Key.html information disclosure, Low Risk
SecurityFocus: 51787 - Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey 'Firefox Recovery Key.html' Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability
Secunia: 47816 - Mozilla Firefox / Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 78741
SecurityTracker: 1026605 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Flaws Permit Remote Code Execution, Information Disclosure, and Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
Vulnerability Center: 35366 - Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 02/21/2012 01:00
Updated: 01/31/2018 09:54
Changes: 02/21/2012 01:00 (79), 01/31/2018 09:54 (11)
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Cache ID: 216:9BE:103

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