Mozilla Firefox up to 46 SELECT Element access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 46. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component SELECT Element Handler. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2016-2822. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 46 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component SELECT Element Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox before 47.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.2 allow remote attackers to spoof the address bar via a SELECT element with a persistent menu.

The weakness was presented 06/13/2016 by Jordi Chancel with Mozilla Developers (Website). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-2822 since 03/01/2016. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. 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 91546 (Firefox ESR 45.x < 45.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 236025 (Red Hat Update for firefox (RHSA-2016:1217)).

Upgrading to version 47.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (91546) and SecurityFocus (BID 91075†). See VDB-87889, VDB-87890, VDB-87891 and VDB-87892 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-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 91546
Nessus Name: Firefox ESR 45.x < 45.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 855205
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox Esr Security Updates( mfsa_2016-49_2016-61 )-Windows
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 47.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: RHSA-2016:1217
Researcher: Jordi Chancel
Organization: Mozilla Developers
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-2822 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-2822
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-87893

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SecurityFocus: 91075 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1036057

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/14/2016 09:10
Updated: 10/23/2024 03:55
Changes: 06/14/2016 09:10 (73), 01/19/2019 16:23 (8), 08/23/2022 13:53 (5), 10/23/2024 03:55 (26)
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Cache ID: 216:F8F:103

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