Mozilla Firefox up to 13.0 Drag / Drop Feature authentication spoofing

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Mozilla Firefox. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Drag / Drop Feature. The manipulation leads to authentication spoofing. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2012-1950. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists. 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 Drag / Drop Feature. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication spoofing vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-290. This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The drag-and-drop implementation in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 13.0 and Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.6 allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar by canceling a page load.

The weakness was released 07/17/2012 by Mario Gomes with Code Audit Labs as MFSA 2012-43 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. The public release was coordinated with Mozilla. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-1950 since 03/30/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 802892 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. 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 X-Force (76977), Tenable (802892), SecurityFocus (BID 54580†), OSVDB (84008†) and Secunia (SA49964†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-5668, VDB-5669, VDB-5670 and VDB-5671. 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: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authentication spoofing
CWE: CWE-290 / CWE-287
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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: 802892
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OpenVAS ID: 71490
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2514-1 (iceweasel)
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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 2012-43
Researcher: Mario Gomes
Organization: Code Audit Labs
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-1950 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-1950
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-5681

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X-Force: 76977
SecurityFocus: 54580 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/Seamonkey MFSA 2012-42 Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 49964 - Debian update for iceweasel, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 84008
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: 35681 - Mozilla Firefox 4.0 - 13.0 and Firefox ESR 10.0 - 10.0.5 Allows Spoofing, Medium

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

Created: 07/25/2012 16:27
Updated: 10/21/2024 17:41
Changes: 07/25/2012 16:27 (81), 01/31/2018 09:54 (13), 10/21/2024 17:41 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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