Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird prior 2.0.0.19 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird. It has been classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2009-0776. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

nsIRDFService in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.7, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.21, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.15 allows remote attackers to bypass the same-origin policy and read XML data from another domain via a cross-domain redirect.

The bug was discovered 03/04/2009. The weakness was published 03/04/2009 by Georgi Guninski (TippingPoint) with Zero Day Initiative (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-0776 since 03/03/2009. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 38891 (CentOS 4 / 5 : thunderbird (CESA-2009:0258)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165640 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update Mozilla Firefox 2 (SUSE-SA:2009:023)).

Upgrading to version 2.0.0.19 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 6222.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (49086), Tenable (38891), SecurityFocus (BID 33990†), OSVDB (52451†) and Secunia (SA34145†). Similar entries are available at VDB-3935, VDB-46976, VDB-46974 and VDB-46973. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Base Score: 7.5
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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 38891
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 / 5 : thunderbird (CESA-2009:0258)
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OpenVAS ID: 64417
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1830-1 (icedove)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox/Thunderbird 2.0.0.19
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: redhat.com
Researcher: Georgi Guninski (TippingPoint)
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-0776 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-0776
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-46975

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X-Force: 49086
SecurityFocus: 33990 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey MFSA 2009 -07 -08 -09 and -11 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 34145 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 52451 - CVE-2009-0776 - Mozilla - Multiple Products - Spoofing Issue
SecurityTracker: 1021797
Vulnerability Center: 21203 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey Remote Bypass Restrictions via a Cross-Domain Redirect, High
Vupen: ADV-2009-0632

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/29/2019 08:56
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (89), 08/29/2019 08:56 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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