Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird up to 19.0.2 Mozilla Updater untrusted search path

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird up to 19.0.2. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Mozilla Updater. This manipulation causes untrusted search path. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2013-0797. The attack requires local access. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird up to 19.0.2 (Web Browser). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Mozilla Updater. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a untrusted search path vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-426. The product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product's direct control. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Mozilla Updater in Mozilla Firefox before 20.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.5, Thunderbird before 17.0.5, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.17 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL file in an unspecified directory.

The weakness was presented 04/02/2013 by Shuichiro Suzuki (Ash) with Dell as MFSA2013-34 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mozilla.org. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with Mozilla. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2013-0797 since 01/02/2013. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1574 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 65847 (FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (94976433-9c74-11e2-a9fc-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 166260 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for Mozilla Firefox (SUSE-SU-2013:0850-1)).

Upgrading to version 20.0 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 (65847), SecurityFocus (BID 58818†), OSVDB (91878†), Secunia (SA52293†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1028379†). See VDB-8139, VDB-8140, VDB-8141 and VDB-8142 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Untrusted search path
CWE: CWE-426
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 65847
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (94976433-9c74-11e2-a9fc-d43d7e0c7c02)
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OpenVAS ID: 803466
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox ESR Multiple Vulnerabilities -01 Apr13 (Mac OS X)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox/Thunderbird 20.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2013-34
Researcher: Shuichiro Suzuki (Ash)
Organization: Dell
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-0797 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-0797
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-8143

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SecurityFocus: 58818 - RETIRED: Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey MFSA 2013-30 through -40 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 52293 - Mozilla Firefox / Thunderbird / SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 91878
SecurityTracker: 1028379 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Deny Service, and Conduct Phishing and Cross-Site Scripting Attacks and Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
Vulnerability Center: 38997 - Mozilla Web Browsers Mozilla Updater Allows Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - CVE-2013-0797, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/04/2013 12:03
Updated: 01/31/2018 09:54
Changes: 04/04/2013 12:03 (83), 01/31/2018 09:54 (7)
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Committer: olku
Cache ID: 216::103

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