Mozilla Firefox up to 50 about: Page access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Mozilla Firefox up to 50. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component about: Page Handler. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2017-5391. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 50 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component about: Page Handler. 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 bug was discovered 01/24/2017. The weakness was published 01/24/2017 by Muneaki Nishimura (Alex) as MFSA 2017-01 as confirmed security advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-5391 since 01/13/2017. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 97047 (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 16.10 : firefox regression (USN-3175-2)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370289 (Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities (MFSA2017-01,MFSA2017-02)).

Upgrading to version 51 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 (97047), SecurityFocus (BID 95763†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1037693†). Similar entries are available at VDB-96001, VDB-96002, VDB-96003 and VDB-96004. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.9

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 97047
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 16.10 : firefox regression (USN-3175-2)
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OpenVAS ID: 802170
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox Security Updates(mfsa_2017-01_2017-02)-Windows
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 51

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01/24/2017 +11 days 🔍
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02/07/2017 +12 days 🔍
06/11/2018 +488 days 🔍
08/27/2024 +2269 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2017-01
Researcher: Muneaki Nishimura (Alex)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-5391 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-5391
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-96020

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SecurityFocus: 95763 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-5391 - Mozilla - Firefox - Privilege Escalation Issue
SecurityTracker: 1037693

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/26/2017 15:17
Updated: 08/27/2024 10:40
Changes: 01/26/2017 15:17 (79), 08/02/2020 18:47 (8), 11/04/2022 09:23 (3), 08/27/2024 10:40 (16)
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Cache ID: 216:693:103

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