Mozilla Firefox up to 3.6 tmp memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file tmp. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2009-3274. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the file tmp. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Mozilla Firefox 3.6a1, 3.5.3, 3.5.2, and earlier 3.5.x versions, and 3.0.14 and earlier 2.x and 3.x versions, on Linux uses a predictable /tmp pathname for files selected from the Downloads window, which allows local users to replace an arbitrary downloaded file by placing a file in a /tmp location before the download occurs, related to the Download Manager component. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

The weakness was presented 09/21/2009 by Jeremy Brown with Brown as Bug 514823 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-3274. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 44787 (Debian DSA-1922-1 : xulrunner - several vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 119087 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2009:1530)).

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (44787), SecurityFocus (BID 36852†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-23958†). See VDB-50647, VDB-50645, VDB-50642 and VDB-50641 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 44787
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-1922-1 : xulrunner - several vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 66146
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1922-1 (xulrunner)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 514823
Researcher: Jeremy Brown
Organization: Brown
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-3274 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-3274
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-50138

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SecurityFocus: 36852 - Mozilla Firefox Download Manager World Writable File Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 23958 - Mozilla Firefox 3.5 - 3.5.3 and 2.0 - 3.0.14 Download Manager Component Vulnerability, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 08/23/2021 01:44
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (65), 02/16/2017 10:15 (13), 08/23/2021 01:36 (4), 08/23/2021 01:44 (1)
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