Mozilla/Firefox Browsers URI Drag And Drop Cross-Domain Scripting Vulnerability

BID:11177

Info

Mozilla/Firefox Browsers URI Drag And Drop Cross-Domain Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 11177
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2004-0905
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 14 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Aug 05 2010 07:45PM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability is credited to Jesse Ruderman <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
+ Linux kernel 2.4.21
+ Linux kernel 2.4.19
SuSE Linux Desktop 1.0
SuSE Linux 8.1
SuSE Linux 9.1
SuSE Linux 9
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 8.2
Redhat Linux 9.0 i386
Redhat Linux 7.3 i686
Redhat Linux 7.3 i386
Redhat Linux 7.3
Redhat Fedora Core1
Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 3
Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1 IA64
Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 3
Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1 IA64
Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 3
Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1 IA64
Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
Redhat Desktop 3.0
Redhat Advanced Workstation for the Itanium Processor 2.1 IA64
Redhat Advanced Workstation for the Itanium Processor 2.1
Netscape Navigator 7.2
Netscape Navigator 7.1
Netscape Navigator 7.0.2
Netscape Navigator 7.0
Mozilla Firefox 0.9.3
Mozilla Firefox 0.9.2
Mozilla Firefox 0.9.1
Mozilla Firefox 0.9 rc
Mozilla Firefox 0.9
Mozilla Firefox 0.8
Mozilla Browser 1.7.2
Mozilla Browser 1.7.1
Mozilla Browser 1.7 rc3
Mozilla Browser 1.7
Mozilla Browser 1.6
Mozilla Browser 1.5
Mozilla Browser 1.4.2
Mozilla Browser 1.4.1
Mozilla Browser 1.4 b
Mozilla Browser 1.4 a
Mozilla Browser 1.4
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.2 amd64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.2
Mozilla Browser 1.3.1
Mozilla Browser 1.3
Mozilla Browser 1.2.1
Mozilla Browser 1.2 Beta
Mozilla Browser 1.2 Alpha
Mozilla Browser 1.2
Mozilla Browser 1.1 Beta
Mozilla Browser 1.1 Alpha
Mozilla Browser 1.1
Mozilla Browser 1.0.2
+ Redhat Advanced Workstation for the Itanium Processor 2.1
+ Redhat Advanced Workstation for the Itanium Processor 2.1
+ Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1 IA64
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1 IA64
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1 IA64
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1 IA64
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1 IA64
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1 IA64
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
 + Sun Linux 5.0.7
Mozilla Browser 1.0.1
Mozilla Browser 1.0 RC2
Mozilla Browser 1.0 RC1
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.5
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.4
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.3
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.2
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.1.1
Mozilla Browser 1.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2 ppc
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2
+ Redhat Linux 8.0 i386
 + Redhat Linux 8.0
Not Vulnerable: Mozilla Firefox 0.10
Mozilla Browser 1.7.3
+ HP HP-UX B.11.23
 + HP HP-UX B.11.22
 + HP HP-UX B.11.22
 + HP HP-UX B.11.11
 + HP HP-UX B.11.11
 + HP HP-UX B.11.11
 + HP HP-UX B.11.11
 + HP HP-UX B.11.00
 + HP HP-UX B.11.00
 + HP Tru64 5.1 B-2 PK4 (BL25)
 + HP Tru64 5.1 B-2 PK4 (BL25)
 + HP Tru64 5.1 B-2 PK4
 + HP Tru64 5.1 B-2 PK4
 + HP Tru64 5.1 B PK4
 + HP Tru64 5.1 B PK4
 + HP Tru64 5.1 A PK6 (BL24)
 + HP Tru64 5.1 A PK6 (BL24)
 + HP Tru64 5.1 A PK6
 + HP Tru64 5.1 A PK6

Discussion

Mozilla/Firefox Browsers URI Drag And Drop Cross-Domain Scripting Vulnerability

Both Mozilla and Firefox are reported to be prone to a cross-domain scripting vulnerability. It is reported that URI links that are dragged from one browser window and dropped into another browser window will bypass the browser same-origin policy security checks.

Certain URI types may be employed by a malicious website in order to trigger this vulnerability. If successful, this attack will result in the execution of arbitrary script code in the context of a target domain.

Exploit / POC

Mozilla/Firefox Browsers URI Drag And Drop Cross-Domain Scripting Vulnerability

A proof of concept is available for the Firefox browser at the following location. It should be noted that Symantec does not guarantee the integrity of this example:

http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=152856&amp;action=view

Solution / Fix

Mozilla/Firefox Browsers URI Drag And Drop Cross-Domain Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has reported that this vulnerability is addressed in Mozilla version 1.7.3 and Firefox version 0.10.

Conectiva has released an advisory (CLA-2004:877) to address various issues including this issue in Mozilla. This advisory contains updated Mozilla packages (1.7.3) for Conectiva Linux 9 and 10. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

RedHat Linux has released advisory RHSA-2004:486-18 along with fixes to address this, and other issues for RedHat Enterprise Linux operating systems. Please see the referenced advisory for further information on obtaining fixes.

HP has released an advisory (SSRT4826) dealing with this issue for their Tru64 UNIX platform. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

SuSE Linux has released advisory SUSE-SA:2004:036 along with fixes dealing with this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

The Fedora Legacy project has released advisory FLSA-2004:2089 along with fixes to address multiple issues in RedHat Fedora Core 1, and RedHat Linux 7.3 and 9.0. Please see the referenced advisory for further information.


Mozilla Firefox 0.8

Mozilla Firefox 0.9

Mozilla Firefox 0.9 rc

Mozilla Firefox 0.9.1

Mozilla Firefox 0.9.2

Mozilla Firefox 0.9.3

Mozilla Browser 1.0 RC1

Mozilla Browser 1.0 RC2

Mozilla Browser 1.0

Mozilla Browser 1.0.1

Mozilla Browser 1.0.2

Mozilla Browser 1.1

Mozilla Browser 1.1 Alpha

Mozilla Browser 1.1 Beta

Mozilla Browser 1.2 Alpha

Mozilla Browser 1.2

Mozilla Browser 1.2 Beta

Mozilla Browser 1.2.1

Mozilla Browser 1.3

Mozilla Browser 1.3.1

Mozilla Browser 1.4 b

Mozilla Browser 1.4

Mozilla Browser 1.4 a

Mozilla Browser 1.4.1

Mozilla Browser 1.4.2

Mozilla Browser 1.5

Mozilla Browser 1.6

Mozilla Browser 1.7

Mozilla Browser 1.7 rc3

Mozilla Browser 1.7.1

Mozilla Browser 1.7.2

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