Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird 16.0.1/16.0.2 Property Shadowing location config

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 16.0.1/16.0.2 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Property Shadowing. Performing a manipulation of the argument location results in config. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-4209. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 16.0.1/16.0.2 (Web Browser). This affects an unknown part of the component Property Shadowing. The manipulation of the argument location with an unknown input leads to a config vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-16. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, Thunderbird before 17.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 do not prevent use of a "top" frame name-attribute value to access the location property, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors involving a binary plugin.

The weakness was published 11/20/2012 by Mariusz Mlynski as MFSA 2012-103 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mozilla.org. The public release has been coordinated with Mozilla. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-4209 since 08/08/2012. 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. Technical details and a private exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592.004 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 803349 , 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 120702 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2012:1482)).

Upgrading to version 17.0 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 (80181), Tenable (803349), SecurityFocus (BID 56629†), OSVDB (87585†) and Secunia (SA51358†). Further details are available at bugzilla.mozilla.org. Similar entries are available at VDB-6971, VDB-6972, VDB-6973 and VDB-6974. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Base Score: 6.3
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Class: Config
CWE: CWE-16
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Access: Private
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 803349
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OpenVAS ID: 72599
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox/Thunderbird 17.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2012-103
Researcher: Mariusz Mlynski
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-4209 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-4209
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-6975

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X-Force: 80181
SecurityFocus: 56629 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey CVE-2012-4209 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 51358 - Mozilla Firefox / Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 87585
SecurityTracker: 1027793 - Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
Vulnerability Center: 37368 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability - CVE-2012-4209, Medium

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

Created: 11/23/2012 12:18
Updated: 10/22/2024 03:51
Changes: 11/23/2012 12:18 (90), 01/31/2018 09:53 (5), 10/22/2024 03:51 (17)
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Cache ID: 216:B7C:103

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