Vulnerabilities > CVE-2004-2228

047910
CVSS 7.2 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
local
low complexity
mozilla
nessus

Summary

Mozilla Firefox before 1.0 is installed with world-writable permissions on Mac OS X, which allows local users to gain privileges.

Nessus

NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-200501-03.NASL
descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200501-03 (Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird: Various vulnerabilities) Maurycy Prodeus from isec.pl found a potentially exploitable buffer overflow in the handling of NNTP URLs. Furthermore, Martin (from ptraced.net) discovered that temporary files in recent versions of Mozilla-based products were sometimes stored world-readable with predictable names. The Mozilla Team also fixed a way of spoofing filenames in Firefox
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id16394
published2005-02-14
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/16394
titleGLSA-200501-03 : Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird: Various vulnerabilities
code
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200501-03.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(16394);
  script_version("1.18");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:42");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2004-2227", "CVE-2004-2228");
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200501-03");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-200501-03 : Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird: Various vulnerabilities");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200501-03
(Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird: Various vulnerabilities)

    Maurycy Prodeus from isec.pl found a potentially exploitable buffer
    overflow in the handling of NNTP URLs. Furthermore, Martin (from
    ptraced.net) discovered that temporary files in recent versions of
    Mozilla-based products were sometimes stored world-readable with
    predictable names. The Mozilla Team also fixed a way of spoofing
    filenames in Firefox's 'What should Firefox do with this file' dialog
    boxes and a potential information leak about the existence of local
    filenames.
  
Impact :

    A remote attacker could craft a malicious NNTP link and entice a user
    to click it, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code
    with the rights of the user running the browser. A local attacker could
    leverage the temporary file vulnerability to read the contents of
    another user's attachments or downloads. A remote attacker could also
    design a malicious web page that would allow to spoof filenames if the
    user uses the 'Open with...' function in Firefox, or retrieve
    information on the presence of specific files in the local filesystem.
  
Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time."
  );
  # http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0020-mozilla.txt
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://isec.pl/en/vulnerabilities/isec-0020-mozilla.txt"
  );
  # http://broadcast.ptraced.net/advisories/008-firefox.thunderbird.txt
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?29bcd626"
  );
  # http://secunia.com/advisories/13144/
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/advisories/13144/"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200501-03"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"All Mozilla users should upgrade to the latest version:
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-client/mozilla-1.7.5'
    All Mozilla binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-client/mozilla-bin-1.7.5'
    All Firefox users should upgrade to the latest version:
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-client/mozilla-firefox-1.0'
    All Firefox binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin-1.0'
    All Thunderbird users should upgrade to the latest version:
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-0.9'
    All Thunderbird binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-bin-0.9'"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mozilla");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mozilla-bin");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mozilla-firefox");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mozilla-firefox-bin");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mozilla-thunderbird");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mozilla-thunderbird-bin");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/01/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/02/14");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (qpkg_check(package:"www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin", unaffected:make_list("ge 1.0"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 1.0"))) flag++;
if (qpkg_check(package:"mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-bin", unaffected:make_list("ge 0.9"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 0.9"))) flag++;
if (qpkg_check(package:"www-client/mozilla", unaffected:make_list("ge 1.7.5"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 1.7.5"))) flag++;
if (qpkg_check(package:"www-client/mozilla-bin", unaffected:make_list("ge 1.7.5"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 1.7.5"))) flag++;
if (qpkg_check(package:"mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird", unaffected:make_list("ge 0.9"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 0.9"))) flag++;
if (qpkg_check(package:"www-client/mozilla-firefox", unaffected:make_list("ge 1.0"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 1.0"))) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = qpkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "Mozilla / Firefox / Thunderbird");
}