Mozilla Firefox Same Origin Policy access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Same Origin Policy. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2011-2362. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser) (version now known). This affects some unknown processing of the component Same Origin Policy. 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 integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.18, Thunderbird before 3.1.11, and SeaMonkey through 2.0.14 do not distinguish between cookies for two domain names that differ only in a trailing dot, which allows remote web servers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via Set-Cookie headers.

The weakness was shared 06/30/2011 as Bug 616264 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2011-2362 since 06/03/2011. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/13/2021). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 55404 (CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2011:0885)), 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 119343 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2011:0885)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (55404), SecurityFocus (BID 48376†), Secunia (SA45002†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-31985†). The entries VDB-57833, VDB-57832, VDB-57831 and VDB-57830 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

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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: 55404
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2011:0885)
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OpenVAS ID: 69975
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2268-1 (iceweasel)
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

06/03/2011 🔍
06/21/2011 +18 days 🔍
06/21/2011 +0 days 🔍
06/22/2011 +1 days 🔍
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06/30/2011 +7 days 🔍
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03/23/2015 +1362 days 🔍
11/13/2021 +2427 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 616264
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-2362 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-2362
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-57819

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SecurityFocus: 48376 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey Cookie Cross Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 45002 - Ubuntu update for firefox and xulrunner, Highly Critical
Vulnerability Center: 31985 - Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey, and Thunderbird Remote Information Disclosure (CVE-2011-2362), Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/13/2021 16:35
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (63), 03/24/2017 18:32 (12), 11/13/2021 16:35 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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