Mozilla Firefox up to 3.5.3 Same Origin Policy documentgetSelection access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox and classified as critical. This affects the function documentgetSelection of the component Same Origin Policy. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-3375. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function documentgetSelection of the component Same Origin Policy. 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. The summary by CVE is:

content/html/document/src/nsHTMLDocument.cpp in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.15 and 3.5.x before 3.5.4 allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and read an arbitrary content selection via the document.getSelection function.

The weakness was released 10/29/2009 by Gregory Fleischer as Bug 503226 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-3375. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 42295 (CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2009:1530)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS 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)).

Upgrading to version 3.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (42295), SecurityFocus (BID 36858†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-23960†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-4052, VDB-50808, VDB-50648 and VDB-50647. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 42295
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2009:1530)
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OpenVAS ID: 66146
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1922-1 (xulrunner)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 3.0
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09/24/2009 🔍
10/27/2009 +33 days 🔍
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10/29/2009 +2 days 🔍
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03/18/2015 +1955 days 🔍
08/24/2021 +2351 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 503226
Researcher: Gregory Fleischer
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-3375 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-3375
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-50641

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SecurityFocus: 36858 - Mozilla Firefox 'document.getSelect' Cross Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 23960 - Mozilla Firefox document.getSelection Function Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 08/24/2021 19:13
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (66), 02/16/2017 10:16 (9), 08/24/2021 19:05 (4), 08/24/2021 19:13 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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