Mozilla Firefox prior 1.5 Same Origin Policy information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Mozilla Firefox. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Same Origin Policy. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability was named CVE-2011-3653. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). This affects an unknown functionality of the component Same Origin Policy. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox before 8.0 and Thunderbird before 8.0 on Mac OS X do not properly interact with the GPU memory behavior of a certain driver for Intel integrated GPUs, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and read image data via vectors related to WebGL textures.

The weakness was presented 11/09/2011 as Bug 684882 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2011-3653. The exploitability is told to be easy. 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 T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 56762 (FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (6c8ad3e8-0a30-11e1-9580-4061862b8c22)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 119733 (Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities (MFSA-2011-46 through MFSA-2011-52)).

Upgrading to version 1.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (71201), Tenable (56762), SecurityFocus (BID 50592†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-33947†). See VDB-59405, VDB-59404, VDB-59402 and VDB-59401 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 56762
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (6c8ad3e8-0a30-11e1-9580-4061862b8c22)
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OpenVAS ID: 70609
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.5

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09/23/2011 🔍
11/08/2011 +46 days 🔍
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11/28/2011 +19 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +1211 days 🔍
11/26/2021 +2440 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 684882
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-3653 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-3653
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-59403

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X-Force: 71201
SecurityFocus: 50592 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird CVE-2011-3653 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 33947 - Mozilla Firefox <8.0 and Thunderbird <8.0 on Mac OS X Same Origin Policy Bypass, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/26/2021 09:03
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (64), 04/05/2017 14:58 (8), 11/26/2021 09:00 (4), 11/26/2021 09:03 (1)
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