Mozilla Firefox up to 18.0.2 407 Response Eingabe authentication spoofing

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Mozilla Firefox up to 18.0.2. Affected is an unknown function of the component 407 Response. This manipulation as part of Eingabe causes authentication spoofing. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2013-0776. Furthermore, an exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 18.0.2 (Web Browser). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component 407 Response. The manipulation as part of a Eingabe leads to a authentication spoofing vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-290. This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox before 19.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.3, Thunderbird before 17.0.3, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.16 allow man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof the address bar by operating a proxy server that provides a 407 HTTP status code accompanied by web script, as demonstrated by a phishing attack on an HTTPS site.

The weakness was published 02/19/2013 by Michal Zalewski (Inferno) as MFSA 2013-27 as confirmed advisory (Mozilla Blog). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. The public release has been coordinated with Mozilla. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2013-0776 since 01/02/2013. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 64692 (CentOS 5 / 6 : devhelp / firefox / libproxy / xulrunner / yelp (CESA-2013:0271)), 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 120882 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2013:0271)).

Upgrading to version 19.0 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 Tenable (64692), SecurityFocus (BID 58030†), OSVDB (90422†), Secunia (SA52240†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1028162†). Similar entries are available at VDB-7761, VDB-7762, VDB-7763 and VDB-7764. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Authentication spoofing
CWE: CWE-290 / CWE-287
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Private
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 64692
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 / 6 : devhelp / firefox / libproxy / xulrunner / yelp (CESA-2013:0271)
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OpenVAS ID: 892699
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2699-1 (iceweasel - several vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 19.0

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Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2013-27
Researcher: Michal Zalewski (Inferno)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-0776 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-0776
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-7765

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SecurityFocus: 58030
Secunia: 52240 - Ubuntu update for firefox, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 90422
SecurityTracker: 1028162 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information
Vulnerability Center: 38488 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Remote Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability - CVE-2013-0776, Medium

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

Created: 02/21/2013 15:20
Updated: 05/05/2021 11:32
Changes: 02/21/2013 15:20 (86), 04/24/2017 20:02 (3), 05/05/2021 11:25 (4), 05/05/2021 11:32 (1)
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