Executive Summary



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Summary
Title Mozilla JavaScript privilege escalation
Informations
Name VU#466521 First vendor Publication 2008-03-27
Vendor VU-CERT Last vendor Modification 2008-03-27
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:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 9.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Vulnerability Note VU#466521

Mozilla JavaScript privilege escalation

Overview

Mozilla products contain multiple vulnerabilities that may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

I. Description

Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey do not properly handle JavaScript, which may allow privilege escalation and execution of arbitrary code on an affected system.

II. Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.

III. Solution

Apply an update

Mozilla Foundation has issued new versions of the affected products which address these vulnerabilities. Please see MFSA 2008-14 for more details.

Workaround

Disabling JavaScript is an effective workaround for these vulnerabilities. It is strongly recommended that you disable JavaScript until a version containing patches for these vulnerabilities can be installed.

Systems Affected

VendorStatusDate Updated
MozillaVulnerable27-Mar-2008

References


http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-14.html

Credit

This document was written by Joseph Pruszynski.

Other Information

Date Public03/25/2008
Date First Published03/27/2008 03:01:58 PM
Date Last Updated03/27/2008
CERT Advisory 
CVE NameCVE-2008-1233; CVE-2008-1234; CVE-2008-1235
US-CERT Technical Alerts 
Metric20.38
Document Revision14

Original Source

Url : http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/466521

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
50 % CWE-94 Failure to Control Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
50 % CWE-79 Failure to Preserve Web Page Structure ('Cross-site Scripting') (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10980
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10980
Title: Unspecified vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.13, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors that cause JavaScript to execute with the wrong principal, aka "Privilege escalation via incorrect principals."
Description: Unspecified vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.13, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors that cause JavaScript to execute with the wrong principal, aka "Privilege escalation via incorrect principals."
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-1235
 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:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11078
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11078
Title: Unspecified vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.13, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via "XPCNativeWrapper pollution."
Description: Unspecified vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.13, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via "XPCNativeWrapper pollution."
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-1233
 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:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9551
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9551
Title: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.13, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.9 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via event handlers, aka "Universal XSS using event handlers."
Description: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.13, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.9 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via event handlers, aka "Universal XSS using event handlers."
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-1234
 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 106
Application 30
Application 69

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-10-13 Name : SLES10: Security update for epiphany
File : nvt/sles10_mozilla-xulrunn.nasl
2009-10-10 Name : SLES9: Security update for Mozilla
File : nvt/sles9p5022953.nasl
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for mozilla-thunderbird MDVSA-2008:155-1 (mozilla-thunderbird)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_155_1.nasl
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for mozilla-thunderbird MDVSA-2008:155 (mozilla-thunderbird)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_155.nasl
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for mozilla-firefox MDVSA-2008:080 (mozilla-firefox)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_080.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for firefox vulnerabilities USN-592-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_592_1.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for mozilla-thunderbird, thunderbird vulnerabilities USN-605-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_605_1.nasl
2009-03-06 Name : RedHat Update for thunderbird RHSA-2008:0209-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2008_0209-01_thunderbird.nasl
2009-03-06 Name : RedHat Update for seamonkey RHSA-2008:0208-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2008_0208-01_seamonkey.nasl
2009-03-06 Name : RedHat Update for firefox RHSA-2008:0207-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2008_0207-01_firefox.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for firefox CESA-2008:0207 centos3 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0207_firefox_centos3_i386.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for thunderbird CESA-2008:0209 centos4 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0209_thunderbird_centos4_x86_64.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for thunderbird CESA-2008:0209 centos4 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0209_thunderbird_centos4_i386.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for seamonkey CESA-2008:0208 centos4 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0208_seamonkey_centos4_x86_64.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for seamonkey CESA-2008:0208 centos3 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0208_seamonkey_centos3_x86_64.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for seamonkey CESA-2008:0208 centos3 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0208_seamonkey_centos3_i386.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for seamonkey CESA-2008:0208-01 centos2 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0208-01_seamonkey_centos2_i386.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for firefox CESA-2008:0207 centos4 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0207_firefox_centos4_x86_64.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for firefox CESA-2008:0207 centos4 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0207_firefox_centos4_i386.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for firefox CESA-2008:0207 centos3 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0207_firefox_centos3_x86_64.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for seamonkey CESA-2008:0208 centos4 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0208_seamonkey_centos4_i386.nasl
2009-02-17 Name : Fedora Update for thunderbird FEDORA-2008-3557
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_3557_thunderbird_fc8.nasl
2009-02-17 Name : Fedora Update for thunderbird FEDORA-2008-3519
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_3519_thunderbird_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for devhelp FEDORA-2008-2682
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_2682_devhelp_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for epiphany-extensions FEDORA-2008-2682
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_2682_epiphany-extensions_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for epiphany FEDORA-2008-2682
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_2682_epiphany_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for firefox FEDORA-2008-2682
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_2682_firefox_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for galeon FEDORA-2008-2682
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_2682_galeon_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for gnome-python2-extras FEDORA-2008-2682
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_2682_gnome-python2-extras_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for gnome-web-photo FEDORA-2008-2682
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_2682_gnome-web-photo_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for gtkmozembedmm FEDORA-2008-2682
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_2682_gtkmozembedmm_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for kazehakase FEDORA-2008-2682
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_2682_kazehakase_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for liferea FEDORA-2008-2682
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_2682_liferea_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for openvrml FEDORA-2008-2682
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_2682_openvrml_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for ruby-gnome2 FEDORA-2008-2682
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_2682_ruby-gnome2_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for yelp FEDORA-2008-2682
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_2682_yelp_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for openvrml FEDORA-2008-2662
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_2662_openvrml_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for blam FEDORA-2008-2682
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_2682_blam_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for Miro FEDORA-2008-2662
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_2662_Miro_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for chmsee FEDORA-2008-2662
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_2662_chmsee_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for devhelp FEDORA-2008-2662
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_2662_devhelp_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for epiphany-extensions FEDORA-2008-2662
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_2662_epiphany-extensions_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for epiphany FEDORA-2008-2662
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_2662_epiphany_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for firefox FEDORA-2008-2662
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_2662_firefox_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for galeon FEDORA-2008-2662
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_2662_galeon_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for gnome-python2-extras FEDORA-2008-2662
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_2662_gnome-python2-extras_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for gtkmozembedmm FEDORA-2008-2662
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_2662_gtkmozembedmm_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for kazehakase FEDORA-2008-2662
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_2662_kazehakase_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for liferea FEDORA-2008-2662
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_2662_liferea_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for ruby-gnome2 FEDORA-2008-2662
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_2662_ruby-gnome2_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for yelp FEDORA-2008-2662
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_2662_yelp_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for Miro FEDORA-2008-2682
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_2682_Miro_fc8.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for chmsee FEDORA-2008-2682
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_2682_chmsee_fc8.nasl
2009-01-23 Name : SuSE Update for MozillaFirefox SUSE-SA:2008:019
File : nvt/gb_suse_2008_019.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200805-18 (mozilla ...)
File : nvt/glsa_200805_18.nasl
2008-09-04 Name : FreeBSD Ports: firefox
File : nvt/freebsd_firefox32.nasl
2008-06-17 Name : Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, Seamonkey. Several vulnerabilitys (Lin)
File : nvt/mozilla_CB-A08-0017.nasl
2008-06-17 Name : Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, Seamonkey. Several vulnerabilitys (Win)
File : nvt/smbcl_mozilla.nasl
2008-05-27 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1574-1 (icedove)
File : nvt/deb_1574_1.nasl
2008-04-30 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1534-2 (iceape)
File : nvt/deb_1534_2.nasl
2008-04-07 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1535-1 (iceweasel)
File : nvt/deb_1535_1.nasl
2008-04-07 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1534-1 (iceape)
File : nvt/deb_1534_1.nasl
2008-04-07 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1532-1 (xulrunner)
File : nvt/deb_1532_1.nasl
0000-00-00 Name : Slackware Advisory SSA:2008-128-02 mozilla-thunderbird
File : nvt/esoft_slk_ssa_2008_128_02.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
43865 Mozilla Multiple Products XPCNativeWrapper Chrome XBL Method Bypass
43864 Mozilla Multiple Products XPCNativeWrapper tabbrowser.xml Multiple Function ...
43863 Mozilla Multiple Products XPCNativeWrapper Function Constructor Arbitrary Co...
43862 Mozilla Multiple Products XPCNativeWrapper setTimeout() Arbitrary Code Execu...
43861 Mozilla Multiple Products XMLHttpRequest Event Handler XSS
43860 Mozilla Multiple Products XMLDocument.load() Event Handler XSS
43859 Mozilla Multiple Products Indirect Eval Cross Principal Code Execution
43858 Mozilla Multiple Products js_ValueToFunctionObject Cloned Function Privilege...
43857 Mozilla Multiple Products Mixed Principal Overlay Privilege Escalation

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0209.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0208.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0207.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing a security update.
File : sl_20080403_thunderbird_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_20080327_seamonkey_on_SL3_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20080326_firefox_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-155.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-080.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-06-09 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_MozillaThunderbird-5329.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-05-28 Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.
File : Slackware_SSA_2008-128-02.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-05-22 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200805-18.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-05-13 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1574.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-05-11 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2008-3519.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-05-11 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2008-3557.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-05-09 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-605-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-05-06 Name : The remote Windows host contains a mail client that is affected by multiple v...
File : mozilla_thunderbird_20014.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-04-22 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_seamonkey-5167.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-04-22 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_mozilla-xulrunner181-5158.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-04-22 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_mozilla-xulrunner-5163.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-04-18 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_mozilla-xulrunner-5164.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-04-17 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.
File : centos_RHSA-2008-0209.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-04-11 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1535.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-04-11 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_seamonkey-5153.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-04-04 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0209.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-04-01 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_MozillaFirefox-5134.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-31 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_12b336c6fe3611dcb09c001c2514716c.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-31 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1534.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-31 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1532.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-31 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_MozillaFirefox-5135.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-28 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2008-0207.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-28 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-592-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-28 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2008-0208.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-28 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0208.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-28 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0207.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-28 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.
File : fedora_2008-2662.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-28 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.
File : fedora_2008-2682.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-26 Name : A web browser on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
File : seamonkey_119.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-26 Name : The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple v...
File : mozilla_firefox_20013.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO