Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird prior 23.0 Pathname maintenanceservice.exe memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file maintenanceservice.exe of the component Pathname Handler. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2013-1706. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the file maintenanceservice.exe of the component Pathname Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Stack-based buffer overflow in maintenanceservice.exe in the Mozilla Maintenance Service in Mozilla Firefox before 23.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.8, Thunderbird before 17.0.8, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.8 allows local users to gain privileges via a long pathname on the command line.

The weakness was released 08/06/2013 by Seb Patane as MFSA 2013-66 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. The public release was coordinated with Mozilla. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-1706 since 02/13/2013. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 69278 (FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (0998e79d-0055-11e3-905b-0025905a4771)), 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 121374 (Mozilla Firefox / Thunderbird / SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 23.0 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 (69278), SecurityFocus (BID 61641†), OSVDB (96015†), Secunia (SA54380†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-40871†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-9876, VDB-9877, VDB-9878 and VDB-9879. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Firefox 22.0
  • Thunderbird 17.0.7
  • Firefox ESR 17.0.7
  • Thunderbird ESR 17.0.7

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 69278
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (0998e79d-0055-11e3-905b-0025905a4771)
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OpenVAS ID: 803855
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox ESR Multiple Vulnerabilities - August 13 (Mac OS X)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox/Thunderbird 23.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2013-66
Researcher: Seb Patane
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-1706 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-1706
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-9881

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SecurityFocus: 61641
Secunia: 54380 - Cyberfox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 96015
Vulnerability Center: 40871 - Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Local DoS and Privilege Escalation Vulnerability via Long Command-Line Paths - CVE-2013-1706, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/09/2013 18:51
Updated: 05/21/2021 09:29
Changes: 08/09/2013 18:51 (50), 01/31/2018 09:54 (35), 05/21/2021 09:29 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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