Mozilla Firefox prior 1.0.9 Same Origin Policy access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Mozilla Firefox. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Same Origin Policy. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2010-3178. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). This issue affects an unknown code 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 confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.14 and 3.6.x before 3.6.11, Thunderbird before 3.0.9 and 3.1.x before 3.1.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.9 do not properly handle certain modal calls made by javascript: URLs in circumstances related to opening a new window and performing cross-domain navigation, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via a crafted HTML document.

The weakness was shared 10/21/2010 by Eduardo Vela Nava as Bug 576616 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-3178. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. 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.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 50793 (CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2010:0782)), 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 119073 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2010:0861)).

Upgrading to version 1.0.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (50793), SecurityFocus (BID 44252†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-27795†). The entries VDB-4218, VDB-55204, VDB-55203 and VDB-55201 are related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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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: 50793
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2010:0782)
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OpenVAS ID: 68458
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2124-1 (xulrunner)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.9

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08/27/2010 🔍
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03/19/2015 +1610 days 🔍
09/27/2021 +2384 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 576616
Researcher: Eduardo Vela Nava
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-3178 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-3178
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-55199

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SecurityFocus: 44252 - Mozilla Firefox SeaMonkey Thunderbird Modal Calls Cross Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 42867
Vulnerability Center: 27795 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Remote Cross Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/27/2021 22:29
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (63), 03/08/2017 15:20 (9), 09/27/2021 22:18 (5), 09/27/2021 22:29 (1)
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