Mozilla Firefox up to 3.6.6 Same Origin Policy startDocumentLoad access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.6.6. This issue affects the function startDocumentLoad of the component Same Origin Policy. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2010-1206. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.6.6 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function startDocumentLoad of the component Same Origin Policy. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

The startDocumentLoad function in browser/base/content/browser.js in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x before 3.5.11 and 3.6.x before 3.6.7, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.6, does not properly implement the Same Origin Policy in certain circumstances related to the about:blank document and a document that is currently loading, which allows (1) remote web servers to conduct spoofing attacks via vectors involving a 204 (aka No Content) status code, and allows (2) remote attackers to conduct spoofing attacks via vectors involving a window.stop call.

The weakness was released 06/25/2010 as Bug 556957 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-1206. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 48342 (CentOS 3 : seamonkey (CESA-2010:0546)), 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 118862 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2010:0547)).

Upgrading to version 1.0.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (48342) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-26174†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-4312, VDB-4400, VDB-51881 and VDB-53818. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Nessus ID: 48342
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 : seamonkey (CESA-2010:0546)
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OpenVAS ID: 67871
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.9
Suricata ID: 2011240
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 556957
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-1206 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-1206
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-53816

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SecurityFocus: 41174
Secunia: 40283
Vulnerability Center: 26174 - Mozilla Firefox startDocumentLoad Function Prior to 3.6.6 Remote Spoofing Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 09/18/2021 17:59
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (68), 02/28/2017 11:15 (8), 09/18/2021 17:51 (5), 09/18/2021 17:59 (2)
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