Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird up to 17.0 URL Bar improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird up to 17.0. Affected is an unknown function of the component URL Bar Handler. Such manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-0759. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird up to 17.0 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component URL Bar Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Mozilla Firefox before 18.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.12 and 17.x before 17.0.2, Thunderbird before 17.0.2, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.12 and 17.x before 17.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.15 allow remote attackers to spoof the address bar via vectors involving authentication information in the userinfo field of a URL, in conjunction with a 204 (aka No Content) HTTP status code.

The weakness was disclosed 01/08/2013 by Masato Kinugawa (regenrecht) as MFSA 2013-04 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at mozilla.org. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-0759 since 01/02/2013. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 63431 (CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox / xulrunner (CESA-2013:0144)), 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 120795 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2013:0144)).

Upgrading to version 18.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (81800), Tenable (63431), SecurityFocus (BID 57228†), OSVDB (89009†) and Secunia (SA51752†). The entries VDB-7280, VDB-7281, VDB-7282 and VDB-7283 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.1

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Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Physical: No
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Access: Private
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 63431
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox / xulrunner (CESA-2013:0144)
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OpenVAS ID: 881565
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for firefox CESA-2013:0144 centos5
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox/Thunderbird 18.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2013-04
Researcher: Masato Kinugawa (regenrecht)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-0759 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-0759
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-7292

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X-Force: 81800 - Oracle Java Runtime Environment CVE-2013-0438 information disclosure, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 57228 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey CVE-2013-0759 Address Bar URI Spoofing Vulnerability
Secunia: 51752 - Mozilla Firefox / Thunderbird / SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 89009
SecurityTracker: 1027955 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Spoof URLs, and Bypass Same-Origin Policy
Vulnerability Center: 38106 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability - CVE-2013-0759, Medium

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

Created: 01/10/2013 15:45
Updated: 04/20/2021 17:24
Changes: 01/10/2013 15:45 (53), 01/31/2018 09:54 (41), 04/20/2021 17:24 (3)
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