Mozilla Firefox up to 46 data URI access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 46 and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component data URI Handler. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2016-2825. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 46 (Web Browser). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component data URI Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox before 47.0 allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and modify the location.host property via an invalid data: URL.

The weakness was published 06/13/2016 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-2825 since 03/01/2016. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 91589 (openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox / mozilla-nss (openSUSE-2016-714)), 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 196493 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Firefox Vulnerabilities (USN-2993-1)).

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 vulnerability database at Tenable (91589). Similar entries are available at VDB-87889, VDB-87890, VDB-87898 and VDB-87900. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 91589
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox / mozilla-nss (openSUSE-2016-714)
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OpenVAS ID: 54508
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox 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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03/01/2016 🔍
06/11/2016 +102 days 🔍
06/13/2016 +2 days 🔍
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06/14/2016 +1 days 🔍
06/14/2016 +0 days 🔍
08/23/2022 +2261 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: USN-2993-1
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-2825 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-2825
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-87895
SecurityTracker: 1036057

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/14/2016 09:11
Updated: 08/23/2022 14:06
Changes: 06/14/2016 09:11 (63), 01/19/2019 16:24 (11), 08/23/2022 14:06 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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