Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey dwmapi.dll DLL Loading Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

BID:42654

Info

Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey dwmapi.dll DLL Loading Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 42654
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2010-3131
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Aug 24 2010 12:00AM
Updated: May 07 2015 05:07PM
Credit: HD Moore, Glafkos Charalambous
Vulnerable: SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
+ Linux kernel 2.6.5
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
+ Linux kernel 2.6.5
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 11 SP1
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 11
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 10 SP3
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1
+ Linux kernel 2.6.5
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP3
SuSE openSUSE 11.3
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.2
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.1
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.5
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.4
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.2
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.1
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.2
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.1
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.6
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.5
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.4
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.3
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.2
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.1
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.6
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.8
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.4
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.3
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.2
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.10
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.9
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.8
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.7
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.6
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.5
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.4
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.2
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.1
Mozilla Firefox 3.5
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.7
Mozilla Firefox 3.6
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.11
Not Vulnerable: Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.3
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.7
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.7
Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Beta1
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.12

Discussion

Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey dwmapi.dll DLL Loading Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey are prone to a vulnerability that lets attackers execute arbitrary code.

An attacker can exploit this issue by enticing a legitimate user to use the vulnerable application to open a file from a network share location that contains a specially crafted Dynamic Linked Library (DLL) file.

Exploit / POC

Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey dwmapi.dll DLL Loading Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

The following exploit is available:

Solution / Fix

Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey dwmapi.dll DLL Loading Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.


S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.1

SuSE openSUSE 11.3

S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.2

References

Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey dwmapi.dll DLL Loading Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

References:

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