Mozilla Firefox JavaScript Restriction document.domain access control

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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox. It has been classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the file document.domain of the component JavaScript Restriction. This manipulation causes access control. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-1597. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser) (unknown version) and classified as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the file document.domain of the component JavaScript Restriction. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox executes DOM calls in response to a javascript: URI in the target attribute of a submit element within a form contained in an inline PDF file, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended Adobe Acrobat JavaScript restrictions on accessing the document object, as demonstrated by a web site that permits PDF uploads by untrusted users, and therefore has a shared document.domain between the web site and this javascript: URI. NOTE: the researcher reports that Adobe s position is "a PDF file is active content."

The weakness was shared 05/11/2009 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-1597 since 05/11/2009. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $25k-$100k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/07/2017). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The entries VDB-48112, VDB-48111 and VDB-48110 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Web Browser

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• Mozilla

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• Firefox

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://www.mozilla.org/
• Product: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

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