Mozilla Firefox Popup Blocker Cross Zone Security Bypass Weakness

BID:22396

Info

Mozilla Firefox Popup Blocker Cross Zone Security Bypass Weakness

Bugtraq ID: 22396
Class: Origin Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2007-0800
CVE-2007-0801
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 05 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 06 2016 02:40PM
Credit: Michal Zalewski <[email protected]> discovered this issue.
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 amd64
Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 10.0 x86
Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 10.0
Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 10.0.0 x64
Turbolinux Turbolinux Desktop 10.0
Turbolinux Turbolinux FUJI
Turbolinux Turbolinux 10 F...
TurboLinux Personal
TurboLinux Multimedia
Turbolinux Home
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
+ Linux kernel 2.4.21
+ Linux kernel 2.4.19
Slackware Linux 11.0
SGI ProPack 3.0 SP6
S.u.S.E. UnitedLinux 1.0
S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux Standard Server 8.0
S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux School Server for i386
S.u.S.E. SUSE LINUX Retail Solution 8.0
S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux Openexchange Server 4.0
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 10.2
S.u.S.E. Open-Enterprise-Server 0
S.u.S.E. Novell Linux POS 9
S.u.S.E. Novell Linux Desktop 9.0
S.u.S.E. Linux 9.3 x86
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.1 x86
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.0 x86
rPath rPath Linux 1
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1 IA64
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Application 5 server
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1 IA64
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation 5 client
RedHat Desktop 4.0
RedHat Desktop 3.0
RedHat Advanced Workstation for the Itanium Processor 2.1 IA64
RedHat Advanced Workstation for the Itanium Processor 2.1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 client
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1 IA64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server
Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.7
Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.6
Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.5
Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.3
Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.2
Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.1
Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0 dev
Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0
Mozilla Firefox 2.0 .1
Mozilla Firefox 1.5 beta 2
Mozilla Firefox 1.5 beta 1
Mozilla Firefox 1.5 .8
Mozilla Firefox 1.5
Mozilla Firefox 2.0 RC3
Mozilla Firefox 2.0 RC2
Mozilla Firefox 2.0 beta 1
Mozilla Firefox 2.0
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.9
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.7
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.5
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.4
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.3
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.2
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1
Mozilla Camino 1.0.3
Mozilla Camino 1.0.2
Mozilla Camino 1.0.1
Mozilla Camino 0.8.4
Mozilla Camino 0.8.3
Mozilla Camino 0.8
Mozilla Camino 0.7 .0
Mozilla Camino 1.5
Mozilla Camino 1.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.0
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0
HP HP-UX B.11.23
HP HP-UX B.11.11
Avaya Messaging Storage Server MM3.0
Avaya Messaging Storage Server 2.0
Avaya Messaging Storage Server 1.0
Avaya Messaging Storage Server
Not Vulnerable: Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.8
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.2
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.10
Mozilla Camino 1.5.1

Discussion

Mozilla Firefox Popup Blocker Cross Zone Security Bypass Weakness

Mozilla Firefox is prone to a cross-zone security-bypass weakness. This issue allows attackers to open 'file://' URIs from remote websites.

By exploiting this issue in conjunction with other weaknesses or vulnerabilities, attackers may be able to execute arbitrary script code with the elevated privileges that are granted to scripts when they are executed from local sources.

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.9 is affected by this issue; other versions may be affected as well.

Exploit / POC

Mozilla Firefox Popup Blocker Cross Zone Security Bypass Weakness

Attackers use standard web development and server applications to exploit this issue.

Solution / Fix

Mozilla Firefox Popup Blocker Cross Zone Security Bypass Weakness

Solution:
The vendor has released updates to address this issue.


Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.3

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.2

Mozilla Firefox 2.0 RC2

Mozilla Firefox 2.0 beta 1

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.5

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.7

Mozilla Camino 1.0

Mozilla Camino 1.5

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6

Mozilla Firefox 2.0

Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0 dev

Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0

Mozilla Camino 0.7 .0

Mozilla Camino 0.8

Mozilla Camino 0.8.3

Mozilla Camino 1.0.1

Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.1

Mozilla Camino 1.0.2

Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.2

Mozilla Camino 1.0.3

Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.3

Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.5

Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.6

Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.7

Mozilla Firefox 1.5 .8

Mozilla Firefox 1.5

Mozilla Firefox 1.5 beta 2

Mozilla Firefox 2.0 .1

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