Mozilla Firefox 45 on Android Content Provider access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Mozilla Firefox 45 on Android. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Content Provider. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2016-2810. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox 45 on Android (Web Browser). This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Content Provider. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox before 46.0 on Android before 5.0 allows attackers to bypass intended Signature access requirements via a crafted application that leverages content-provider permissions, as demonstrated by reading the browser history or a saved password.

The weakness was presented 04/26/2016 as MFSA 2016-41 as confirmed security advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-2810 since 03/01/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. 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. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 91069 (openSUSE Security Update : Firefox (openSUSE-2016-566) (SWEET32)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 168836 (OpenSuSE Security Update for Firefox 46.0 (openSUSE-SU-2016:1251-1)).

Upgrading 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 (112658) and Tenable (91069). See VDB-82972 and VDB-82974 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 91069
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : Firefox (openSUSE-2016-566) (SWEET32)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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03/01/2016 🔍
04/26/2016 +56 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2016-41
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-2810 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-2810
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-82973
X-Force: 112658 - Mozilla Firefox content provider security bypass
SecurityTracker: 1035692

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20130704
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/28/2016 10:44
Updated: 07/27/2022 09:05
Changes: 04/28/2016 10:44 (60), 10/29/2018 06:10 (15), 07/27/2022 09:05 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:864:103

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