Mozilla Firefox up to 2.0.0.18 Internationalized Domain Name authentication spoofing

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Mozilla Firefox up to 2.0.0.18. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Internationalized Domain Name. The manipulation results in authentication spoofing. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2009-0652. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 2.0.0.18 (Web Browser). Affected is an unknown code block of the component Internationalized Domain Name. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication spoofing vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-290. This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks. This is going to have an impact on integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) blacklist in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6 and other versions before 3.0.9; Thunderbird before 2.0.0.21; and SeaMonkey before 1.1.15 does not include box-drawing characters, which allows remote attackers to spoof URLs and conduct phishing attacks, as demonstrated by homoglyphs of the / (slash) and ? (question mark) characters in a subdomain of a .cn domain name, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0233. NOTE: some third parties claim that 3.0.6 is not affected, but much older versions perhaps are affected.

The bug was discovered 02/19/2009. The weakness was shared 02/20/2009 by Moxie Marlinspike (Website). The advisory is available at redhat.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2009-0652 since 02/20/2009. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

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 $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 67848 (Oracle Linux 3 / 4 : seamonkey (ELSA-2009-0437)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 119091 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2009:0436)).

Upgrading to version 2.0.0.19 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (48974), Tenable (67848), SecurityFocus (BID 33837†), OSVDB (52659†) and Secunia (SA34096†). The entries VDB-47862, VDB-47861, VDB-47860 and VDB-47859 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9

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Class: Authentication spoofing
CWE: CWE-290 / CWE-287
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 67848
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 3 / 4 : seamonkey (ELSA-2009-0437)
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OpenVAS ID: 63962
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1797-1 (xulrunner)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 2.0.0.19

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: redhat.com
Researcher: Moxie Marlinspike
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-0652 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-0652
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-46674

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X-Force: 48974
SecurityFocus: 33837 - Mozilla Firefox International Domain Name Subdomain URI Spoofing Vulnerability
Secunia: 34096 - Mozilla Firefox IDN Spoofing Security Issue, Less Critical
OSVDB: 52659 - CVE-2009-0652 - Mozilla - Multiple Products - Spoofing Issue
Vulnerability Center: 21139 - Mozilla Firefox 3-3.0.6 Remote URL Spoofing and Phishing Vulnerabilities, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-1125

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/28/2019 18:46
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (86), 08/28/2019 18:46 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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