Mozilla Firefox prior 1.0.9 XmlHttpRequest Object access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Mozilla Firefox. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component XmlHttpRequest Object. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2010-2764. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). This affects some unknown functionality of the component XmlHttpRequest Object. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.12 and 3.6.x before 3.6.9, Thunderbird before 3.0.7 and 3.1.x before 3.1.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.7 do not properly restrict read access to the statusText property of XMLHttpRequest objects, which allows remote attackers to discover the existence of intranet web servers via cross-origin requests.

The weakness was released 09/09/2010 as Bug 552090 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-2764 since 07/14/2010. 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. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 49181 (CentOS 3 / 4 : seamonkey (CESA-2010:0680)), 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 118595 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2010:0681)).

Upgrading to version 1.0.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (61662), Tenable (49181), SecurityFocus (BID 43104†), Secunia (SA42867†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-27097†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-4173, VDB-54722, VDB-54661 and VDB-54660. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 49181
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 / 4 : seamonkey (CESA-2010:0680)
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OpenVAS ID: 67994
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.9

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07/14/2010 🔍
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01/10/2011 +119 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +1529 days 🔍
09/24/2021 +2381 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 552090
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-2764 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-2764
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-54651

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X-Force: 61662
SecurityFocus: 43104 - Multiple Mozilla Products 'XMLHttpRequest' Cross Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 42867 - Oracle Solaris Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
Vulnerability Center: 27097 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey XMLHttpRequest StatusText Information Disclosure, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2010-2323

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/24/2021 15:14
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (65), 03/04/2017 15:16 (14), 09/24/2021 15:14 (3)
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