Mozilla Firefox up to 13.0 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2012-1959. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

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

Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 13.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, Thunderbird 5.0 through 13.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, and SeaMonkey before 2.11 do not consider the presence of same-compartment security wrappers (SCSW) during the cross-compartment wrapping of objects, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended XBL access restrictions via crafted content.

The weakness was published 07/17/2012 by Bobby Holley (moz_bug_r_a4) with Mozilla as MFSA 2012-49 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mozilla.org. The public release has been coordinated with Mozilla. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-1959 since 03/30/2012. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is 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 59998 (CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox (CESA-2012:1088)), 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 120366 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2012:1088)).

Upgrading to version 14 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at mozilla.org. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (59998), SecurityFocus (BID 54576†), OSVDB (84002†), Secunia (SA49965†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1027256†). Similar entries are available at VDB-5668, VDB-5669, VDB-5670 and VDB-5671. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.5

VulDB Base Score: 8.3
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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Private
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 59998
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox (CESA-2012:1088)
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OpenVAS ID: 71511
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 14

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2012-49
Researcher: Bobby Holley (moz_bug_r_a4)
Organization: Mozilla
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-1959 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-1959
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-5675

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SecurityFocus: 54576
Secunia: 49965 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 84002
SecurityTracker: 1027256 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Spoof Web Sites, Obtain Information, and Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
Vulnerability Center: 35584 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey Allows Remote XBL Access Restrictions Bypass, Medium

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

Created: 07/24/2012 13:07
Updated: 10/21/2024 17:41
Changes: 07/24/2012 13:07 (81), 01/31/2018 09:53 (9), 03/26/2021 10:22 (3), 10/21/2024 17:41 (15)
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Cache ID: 216:646:103

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