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Summary
A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox. It has been rated as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the component Same Origin Policy. Performing a manipulation results in config. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2009-1309. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component Same Origin Policy. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a config vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-16. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:
Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.9, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey do not properly implement the Same Origin Policy for (1) XMLHttpRequest, involving a mismatch for a document s principal, and (2) XPCNativeWrapper.toString, involving an incorrect __proto__ scope, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks and possibly other attacks via a crafted document.
The weakness was shared 04/22/2009 by Gregory Fleischer (moz_bug_r_a4) with Martijn Wargers (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-1309 since 04/16/2009. 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. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592.004 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 43743 (CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2009:0436)), 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 119091 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2009:0436)).
Upgrading to version 2.0 .4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 1 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (50012), Tenable (43743), SecurityFocus (BID 34656†), OSVDB (53959†) and Secunia (SA34758†). The entries VDB-46674, VDB-48897, VDB-48896 and VDB-47862 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.
Product
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.mozilla.org/
- Product: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.9
VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.9
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Exploiting
Class: ConfigCWE: CWE-16
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 43743
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2009:0436)
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OpenVAS ID: 63962
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1797-1 (xulrunner)
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Firefox 2.0 .4
Timeline
04/16/2009 🔍04/22/2009 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: mozilla.orgProduct: mozilla.org
Advisory: redhat.com
Researcher: Gregory Fleischer (moz_bug_r_a4)
Organization: Martijn Wargers
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-1309 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-1309
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-47859
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X-Force: 50012
SecurityFocus: 34656 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey MFSA 2009 -14 through -22 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 34758
OSVDB: 53959 - Mozilla Multiple Products XPCNativeWrapper.toString XSS
SecurityTracker: 1022094
Vulnerability Center: 21686 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey XMLHttpRequest and XPCNativeWrapper XSS Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-1125
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 03/17/2015 23:38Updated: 09/02/2019 09:46
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (90), 09/02/2019 09:46 (3)
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