VDB-76947 · CVE-2015-5961 · BID 76255

Mozilla Firefox OS up to 2.1 Accounts Setup Dialog Content access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox OS up to 2.1 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Accounts Setup Dialog. Performing a manipulation results in access control (Content). This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2015-5961. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox OS up to 2.1 (Web Browser). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Accounts Setup Dialog. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability (Content). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The COPPA error page in the Accounts setup dialog in Mozilla Firefox OS before 2.2 embeds content from an external web server URL into the System process, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by spoofing that server.

The weakness was disclosed 08/08/2015 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-5961 since 08/07/2015. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 2.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 76255†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-51797†). The entries VDB-76948, VDB-76946 and VDB-76944 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Name: Content
Class: Access control / Content
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox OS 2.2

Timelineinfo

08/06/2015 🔍
08/07/2015 +1 days 🔍
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10/01/2017 +784 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: bugzilla.mozilla.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2015-5961 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-5961
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-76947
SecurityFocus: 76255 - Mozilla Firefox OS Same Origin Policy Security Bypass Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 51797 - Mozilla Firefox OS before 2.2 Remote Man-in-the-Middle Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/08/2015 18:10
Updated: 10/01/2017 20:21
Changes: 08/08/2015 18:10 (52), 10/01/2017 20:21 (10)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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