Mozilla Firefox up to 7.0 code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 7.0 and classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to code injection. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2011-3655. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 7.0 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 7.0 and Thunderbird 5.0 through 7.0 perform access control without checking for use of the NoWaiverWrapper wrapper, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted web site.

The weakness was published 11/09/2011 by moz_bug_r_a4 as Bug 672182 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2011-3655. 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. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $25k-$100k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/26/2021). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059 for this issue.

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 120898 (Solaris 11 Support Repository Update (SRU) 4 Missing).

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 (56762), SecurityFocus (BID 50594†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-33768†). Similar entries are available at VDB-4542, VDB-4541, VDB-4557 and VDB-60574. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Remote: Yes

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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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09/23/2011 🔍
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11/26/2021 +2440 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 672182
Researcher: moz_bug_r_a4
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-3655 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-3655
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-59405

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SecurityFocus: 50594 - Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 'NoWaiverWrapper' Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 49055
Vulnerability Center: 33768 - Mozilla Firefox <8.0 and Thunderbird <8.0 'NoWaiverWrappers\x27 Remote Privilege Escalation, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/26/2021 09:09
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (61), 04/04/2017 18:11 (9), 11/26/2021 09:06 (5), 11/26/2021 09:09 (1)
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