Mozilla Firefox 49/50 data URI redirect

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox 49/50. Impacted is an unknown function of the component data URI Handler. The manipulation leads to redirect. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-9078. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 49/50 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component data URI Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a redirect vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-601. A web application accepts a user-controlled input that specifies a link to an external site, and uses that link in a Redirect. This simplifies phishing attacks. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 11/28/2016 by Alexander Infuhr as MFSA 2016-91 as confirmed security advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with Mozilla. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-9078. 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 T1204.001 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 95590 (openSUSE Security Update : Mozilla Firefox / Thunderbird and NSS (openSUSE-2016-1407)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 169550 (OpenSuSE Security Update for MozillaFirefox (openSUSE-SU-2016:2994-1)).

Upgrading to version 50.0.1 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 Tenable (95590), SecurityFocus (BID 94569†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1037353†). bugzilla.mozilla.org is providing further details. The entries VDB-93625, VDB-93628, VDB-93629 and VDB-93631 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Redirect
CWE: CWE-601
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Nessus ID: 95590
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : Mozilla Firefox / Thunderbird and NSS (openSUSE-2016-1407)
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OpenVAS ID: 802170
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox Security Updates( mfsa_2016-91_2016-91 )-Windows
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 50.0.1

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10/27/2016 🔍
11/28/2016 +32 days 🔍
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11/29/2016 +1 days 🔍
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06/11/2018 +558 days 🔍
10/04/2022 +1576 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2016-91
Researcher: Alexander Infuhr
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-9078 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-9078
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-93857

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SecurityFocus: 94569
SecurityTracker: 1037353 - Mozilla Firefox HTTP Redirect Bug Lets Remote Users Bypass Cross-Origin Restrictions on the Target System

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/29/2016 18:25
Updated: 10/04/2022 16:00
Changes: 11/29/2016 18:25 (48), 01/31/2018 09:56 (23), 10/04/2022 15:43 (4), 10/04/2022 15:49 (11), 10/04/2022 15:54 (1), 10/04/2022 16:00 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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