Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird up to 20.0/17.0.5 _cairo_xlib_surface_add_glyph access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird up to 20.0/17.0.5. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function _cairo_xlib_surface_add_glyph. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2013-1672. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird up to 20.0/17.0.5 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function _cairo_xlib_surface_add_glyph. 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, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

The Mozilla Maintenance Service in Mozilla Firefox before 21.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.6, Thunderbird before 17.0.6, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.6 on Windows allows local users to bypass integrity verification and gain privileges via vectors involving junctions.

The weakness was released 05/14/2013 by Seb Patane as MFSA 2013-44 as not defined advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at mozilla.org. The public release was coordinated with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-1672 since 02/13/2013. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 66455 (FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (4a1ca8a4-bd82-11e2-b7a0-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 121178 (Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities (MFSA 2013-41 through MFSA 2013-48)).

Upgrading to version 21.0 or 17.0.6 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 (84256), Tenable (66455), OSVDB (93425†), Secunia (SA53400†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-39644†). scmagazine.com is providing further details. Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-8753, VDB-8754, VDB-8755 and VDB-8757. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
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Nessus ID: 66455
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (4a1ca8a4-bd82-11e2-b7a0-d43d7e0c7c02)
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OpenVAS ID: 803608
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox ESR Multiple Vulnerabilities -01 May13 (Mac OS X)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox/Thunderbird 21.0/17.0.6

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2013-44
Researcher: Seb Patane
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CVE: CVE-2013-1672 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-1672
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-8756

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X-Force: 84256
Secunia: 53400 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 93425
Vulnerability Center: 39644 - Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Local Privilege Escalation due to a Flaw in Mozilla Maintenance Service, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/16/2013 16:56
Updated: 05/11/2021 15:03
Changes: 05/16/2013 16:56 (50), 01/31/2018 09:54 (31), 05/11/2021 15:03 (2)
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