Mozilla Firefox up to 22.0 Stub Installer/Full Installer untrusted search path

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 22.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Stub Installer/Full Installer. Such manipulation leads to untrusted search path. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2013-1715. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 22.0 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Stub Installer/Full Installer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a untrusted search path vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-426. The product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product's direct control. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in the (1) full installer and (2) stub installer in Mozilla Firefox before 23.0 on Windows allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the default downloads directory. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-4206.

The weakness was published 08/06/2013 by Robert Kugler, Brian Bondy and Robert Strong (moz_bug_r_a4) with Mozilla Corporation as MFSA 2013-74 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at mozilla.org. The public release has been coordinated with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-1715 since 02/13/2013. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1574 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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.

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 (96024†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-40887†). Similar entries are available at VDB-9876, VDB-9878, VDB-9879 and VDB-9881. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.3
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Class: Untrusted search path
CWE: CWE-426
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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: 803853
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities - August 13 (Mac OS X)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 23.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2013-74
Researcher: Robert Kugler, Brian Bondy, Robert Strong (moz_bug_r_a4)
Organization: Mozilla Corporation
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-1715 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-1715
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-9890

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SecurityFocus: 61641 - RETIRED: Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey MFSA 2013-63 through -75 Multiple Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 96024
Vulnerability Center: 40887 - Mozilla Firefox Before 23.0 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability via Trojan Horse DLL - CVE-2013-1715, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/12/2013 13:11
Updated: 05/21/2021 09:47
Changes: 08/12/2013 13:11 (79), 05/08/2017 08:47 (4), 05/21/2021 09:47 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:055:103

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