Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird up to 19.0.2 Timed History Navigation cross site scripting

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
3.8$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird up to 19.0.2. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Timed History Navigation Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-0793. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird up to 19.0.2 (Web Browser). This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Timed History Navigation Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

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 do not ensure the correctness of the address bar during history navigation, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks or phishing attacks by leveraging control over navigation timing.

The weakness was disclosed 04/02/2013 by Mariusz Mlynski (Cody Crews) with Oracle as 803870 as confirmed changelog entry (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with Mozilla. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-0793 since 01/02/2013. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 65770 (CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox / xulrunner (CESA-2013:0696)), 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 121048 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2013:0696)).

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 X-Force (81800), Tenable (65770), SecurityFocus (BID 57708†), OSVDB (91882†) and Secunia (SA52293†). The entries VDB-7284, VDB-7285, VDB-7286 and VDB-7292 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Vendor

Name

Version

License

Website

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.8

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.8
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Unproven

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Nessus ID: 65770
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox / xulrunner (CESA-2013:0696)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 892699
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2699-1 (iceweasel - several vulnerabilities
OpenVAS File: 🔍
OpenVAS Family: 🔍

Qualys ID: 🔍
Qualys Name: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

Reaction Time: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Exposure Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Firefox/Thunderbird 20.0

Timelineinfo

01/02/2013 🔍
02/01/2013 +30 days 🔍
04/02/2013 +60 days 🔍
04/02/2013 +0 days 🔍
04/02/2013 +0 days 🔍
04/03/2013 +1 days 🔍
04/03/2013 +0 days 🔍
04/03/2013 +0 days 🔍
04/03/2013 +0 days 🔍
04/04/2013 +1 days 🔍
04/26/2017 +1483 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: 803870
Researcher: Mariusz Mlynski (Cody Crews)
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍
Coordinated: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2013-0793 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-0793
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-8147

OVAL: 🔍

X-Force: 81800 - Oracle Java Runtime Environment CVE-2013-0438 information disclosure, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 57708 - Oracle Java SE CVE-2013-0438 Remote Java Runtime Environment Vulnerability
Secunia: 52293 - Mozilla Firefox / Thunderbird / SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 91882
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: 39003 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey Timed History Navigation XSS Vulnerability - CVE-2013-0793, Medium

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 04/04/2013 15:56
Updated: 04/26/2017 18:15
Changes: 04/04/2013 15:56 (93), 04/26/2017 18:15 (1)
Complete: 🔍
Committer:
Cache ID: 216::103

Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Do you want to use VulDB in your project?

Use the official API to access entries easily!