Executive Summary

Summary
Title Mozilla XUL web applications may hide the titlebar
Informations
Name VU#349217 First vendor Publication 2007-10-19
Vendor VU-CERT Last vendor Modification 2007-10-19
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision M

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 4.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Vulnerability Note VU#349217

Mozilla XUL web applications may hide the titlebar

Overview

Mozilla's XUL contains a vulnerability that may allow a web application to cover an active window's titlebar.

I. Description

XUL is Mozilla's XML-based user interface language. XUL can be used to create Mozilla applications, extensions, and web applications.

From Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2007-33:

    Mozilla developer Eli Friedman discovered that web pages written in the XUL markup language (rather than the usual HTML) can hide their window's titlebar. It may have been possible to abuse this ablity to create more convincing spoof and phishing pages.

II. Impact

An attacker may be able to create phishing or spoofed websites.

III. Solution

Upgrade

Mozilla has released Firefox 2.0.0.8 and SeaMonkey 1.1.5 to address this issue.

Systems Affected

VendorStatusDate Updated
MozillaVulnerable19-Oct-2007

References


https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=391043
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-33.html
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/xul/

Credit

Thanks to Mozilla for information that was used in this report. Mozilla credits Eli Friedman for discovering this vulnerability.

This document was written by Ryan Giobbi.

Other Information

Date Public10/19/2007
Date First Published10/19/2007 02:32:19 PM
Date Last Updated10/19/2007
CERT Advisory 
CVE NameCVE-2007-5334
Metric3.23
Document Revision3

Original Source

Url : http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/349217

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-16 Configuration

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11482
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11482
Title: Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.8 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.5 can hide the Window's titlebar when displaying XUL markup language documents, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct phishing and spoofing attacks by setting the hidechrome attribute.
Description: Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.8 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.5 can hide the Window's titlebar when displaying XUL markup language documents, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct phishing and spoofing attacks by setting the hidechrome attribute.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2007-5334
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
 Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 91
Application 25

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-10-10 Name : SLES9: Security update for Mozilla
File : nvt/sles9p5018527.nasl
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for mozilla-firefox MDKSA-2007:202 (mozilla-firefox)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDKSA_2007_202.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for firefox vulnerabilities USN-535-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_535_1.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for mozilla-thunderbird, thunderbird vulnerabilities USN-536-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_536_1.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : Fedora Update for seamonkey FEDORA-2007-2601
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_2601_seamonkey_fc7.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : Fedora Update for firefox FEDORA-2007-2664
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_2664_firefox_fc7.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : Fedora Update for seamonkey FEDORA-2007-2795
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_2795_seamonkey_fc8.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : Fedora Update for thunderbird FEDORA-2007-3414
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_3414_thunderbird_fc8.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : Fedora Update for thunderbird FEDORA-2007-3431
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_3431_thunderbird_fc7.nasl
2009-01-28 Name : SuSE Update for MozillaFirefox,mozilla,seamonkey SUSE-SA:2007:057
File : nvt/gb_suse_2007_057.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200711-14 (firefox seamonkey xulrunner)
File : nvt/glsa_200711_14.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1392-1 (xulrunner)
File : nvt/deb_1392_1.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1396-1 (icedove)
File : nvt/deb_1396_1.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1401-1 (iceape)
File : nvt/deb_1401_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
38035 Mozilla Multiple Products XUL Page Title Bar Spoofing

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2007-0981.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2007-0980.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2007-0979.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing a security update.
File : sl_20071019_thunderbird_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20071019_seamonkey_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20071019_firefox_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2007-202.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-13 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_MozillaFirefox-4570.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-16 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2007-3414.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-16 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2007-3431.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-14 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200711-14.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-536-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-535-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-07 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2007-2795.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-06 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2007-2664.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-06 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2007-2601.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-06 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1401.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-30 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1396.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-26 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_seamonkey-4596.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-25 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2007-0979.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-25 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_e24797af803d11dcb787003048705d5a.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-25 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2007-0980.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-25 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_seamonkey-4594.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-25 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.
File : centos_RHSA-2007-0981.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-25 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1392.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-25 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2007-0981.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-25 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2007-0980.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-25 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2007-0979.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-24 Name : A web browser on the remote host is prone to multiple flaws.
File : seamonkey_115.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-24 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_MozillaFirefox-4572.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-24 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_MozillaFirefox-4574.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-19 Name : The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple v...
File : mozilla_firefox_2008.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO