Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird 15 document.domain privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 15. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation of the argument document.domain leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-3985. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 15 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation of the argument document.domain with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Thunderbird before 16.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 do not properly implement the HTML5 Same Origin Policy, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by leveraging initial-origin access after document.domain has been set.

The weakness was disclosed 10/09/2012 by Collin Jackson Adam Barth (moz_bug_r_a4) with Stanford University as mfsa2012-76 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mozilla.org. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with Mozilla. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-3985 since 07/11/2012. 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 of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 62490 (FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (6e5a9afd-12d3-11e2-b47d-c8600054b392)), 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 165422 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for Mozilla Firefox (SUSE-SU-2012:1351-1)).

Upgrading to version 16 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 (62490), SecurityFocus (BID 55926†), OSVDB (86106†), Secunia (SA50935†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1027631†). The entries VDB-6636, VDB-6637, VDB-6639 and VDB-6640 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 62490
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (6e5a9afd-12d3-11e2-b47d-c8600054b392)
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OpenVAS ID: 72477
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox/Thunderbird 16

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: mfsa2012-76
Researcher: Collin Jackson Adam Barth (moz_bug_r_a4)
Organization: Stanford University
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-3985 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-3985
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-6647

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SecurityFocus: 55926 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey CVE-2012-3985 Security Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 50935 - Mozilla SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 86106
SecurityTracker: 1027631 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Spoof Information, and Inject Scripting Code
Vulnerability Center: 36456 - Mozilla Firefox <16.0, Thunderbird <16.0, and SeaMonkey <2.13 XSS Vulnerability [CVE-2012-3985], Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/12/2012 11:45
Updated: 04/18/2021 07:55
Changes: 10/12/2012 11:45 (82), 01/31/2018 09:53 (11), 04/18/2021 07:55 (2)
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