Mozilla Firefox up to 18.0.2 JavaScript Workers Active Browser Profile access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Mozilla Firefox up to 18.0.2. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file Active Browser Profile of the component JavaScript Workers. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2013-0774. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 18.0.2 (Web Browser). This affects an unknown code of the file Active Browser Profile of the component JavaScript Workers. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. 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 do not prevent JavaScript workers from reading the browser-profile directory name, which has unspecified impact and remote attack vectors.

The weakness was disclosed 02/19/2013 by Frederik Braun (Inferno) with Mozilla Corporation as MFSA 2013-25 as confirmed advisory (Mozilla Blog). It is possible to read the advisory at mozilla.org. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with Mozilla. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-0774 since 01/02/2013. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a private exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 64693 (FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (e3f0374a-7ad6-11e2-84cd-d43d7e0c7c02)), 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 166191 (SUSE Security Update for MozillaFirefox 19 (openSUSE-SU-2013:0323-1)).

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 (64693), SecurityFocus (BID 58030†), OSVDB (90424†), Secunia (SA52240†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1028162†). The entries VDB-7761, VDB-7762, VDB-7763 and VDB-7764 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Private
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 64693
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (e3f0374a-7ad6-11e2-84cd-d43d7e0c7c02)
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OpenVAS ID: 803423
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox ESR Multiple Vulnerabilities -01 Feb13 (Mac OS X)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 19.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2013-25
Researcher: Frederik Braun (Inferno)
Organization: Mozilla Corporation
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-0774 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-0774
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-7767

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SecurityFocus: 58030 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey MFSA 2013-21 through -28 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 52240 - Ubuntu update for firefox, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 90424
SecurityTracker: 1028162 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information
Vulnerability Center: 38486 - Mozilla Web Browsers Remote Unspecified Vulnerability due to the Browser Profile Being Available, Medium

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

Created: 02/21/2013 15:30
Updated: 05/05/2021 11:48
Changes: 02/21/2013 15:30 (87), 04/24/2017 20:01 (5), 05/05/2021 11:48 (3)
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