Vulnerabilities > CVE-2005-0587 - Link Following vulnerability in Mozilla

047910
CVSS 6.5 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
NONE
network
low complexity
mozilla
CWE-59
nessus
NVD
Published: 2005-03-25
Updated: 2024-11-20

Summary

Firefox before 1.0.1 and Mozilla before 1.7.6 allows remote malicious web sites to overwrite arbitrary files by tricking the user into downloading a .LNK (link) file twice, which overwrites the file that was referenced in the first .LNK file.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Mozilla
75

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Symlink Attack
    An attacker positions a symbolic link in such a manner that the targeted user or application accesses the link's endpoint, assuming that it is accessing a file with the link's name. The endpoint file may be either output or input. If the file is output, the result is that the endpoint is modified, instead of a file at the intended location. Modifications to the endpoint file may include appending, overwriting, corrupting, changing permissions, or other modifications. In some variants of this attack the attacker may be able to control the change to a file while in other cases they cannot. The former is especially damaging since the attacker may be able to grant themselves increased privileges or insert false information, but the latter can also be damaging as it can expose sensitive information or corrupt or destroy vital system or application files. Alternatively, the endpoint file may serve as input to the targeted application. This can be used to feed malformed input into the target or to cause the target to process different information, possibly allowing the attacker to control the actions of the target or to cause the target to expose information to the attacker. Moreover, the actions taken on the endpoint file are undertaken with the permissions of the targeted user or application, which may exceed the permissions that the attacker would normally have.
  • Accessing, Modifying or Executing Executable Files
    An attack of this type exploits a system's configuration that allows an attacker to either directly access an executable file, for example through shell access; or in a possible worst case allows an attacker to upload a file and then execute it. Web servers, ftp servers, and message oriented middleware systems which have many integration points are particularly vulnerable, because both the programmers and the administrators must be in synch regarding the interfaces and the correct privileges for each interface.
  • Leverage Executable Code in Non-Executable Files
    An attack of this type exploits a system's trust in configuration and resource files, when the executable loads the resource (such as an image file or configuration file) the attacker has modified the file to either execute malicious code directly or manipulate the target process (e.g. application server) to execute based on the malicious configuration parameters. Since systems are increasingly interrelated mashing up resources from local and remote sources the possibility of this attack occurring is high. The attack can be directed at a client system, such as causing buffer overrun through loading seemingly benign image files, as in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-028 where specially crafted JPEG files could cause a buffer overrun once loaded into the browser. Another example targets clients reading pdf files. In this case the attacker simply appends javascript to the end of a legitimate url for a pdf (http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/danger-danger-danger/) http://path/to/pdf/file.pdf#whatever_name_you_want=javascript:your_code_here The client assumes that they are reading a pdf, but the attacker has modified the resource and loaded executable javascript into the client's browser process. The attack can also target server processes. The attacker edits the resource or configuration file, for example a web.xml file used to configure security permissions for a J2EE app server, adding role name "public" grants all users with the public role the ability to use the administration functionality. The server trusts its configuration file to be correct, but when they are manipulated, the attacker gains full control.
  • Manipulating Input to File System Calls
    An attacker manipulates inputs to the target software which the target software passes to file system calls in the OS. The goal is to gain access to, and perhaps modify, areas of the file system that the target software did not intend to be accessible.

Nessus

  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-149-3.NASL
    descriptionUSN-149-1 fixed some vulnerabilities in the Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog) version of Firefox. The version shipped with Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog) is also vulnerable to these flaws, so it needs to be upgraded as well. Please see http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-149-1 for the original advisory. This update also fixes several older vulnerabilities; Some of them could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with full user privileges if the user visited a malicious website. (MFSA-2005-01 to MFSA-2005-44; please see the following website for details: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id20546
    published2006-01-15
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2005-2018 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2006-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/20546
    titleUbuntu 4.10 : mozilla-firefox vulnerabilities (USN-149-3)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-149-3. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See 
# <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered 
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(20546);
  script_version("1.21");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:33:00");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2004-1156", "CVE-2004-1381", "CVE-2005-0141", "CVE-2005-0142", "CVE-2005-0143", "CVE-2005-0144", "CVE-2005-0145", "CVE-2005-0146", "CVE-2005-0147", "CVE-2005-0150", "CVE-2005-0230", "CVE-2005-0231", "CVE-2005-0232", "CVE-2005-0233", "CVE-2005-0255", "CVE-2005-0399", "CVE-2005-0401", "CVE-2005-0402", "CVE-2005-0578", "CVE-2005-0584", "CVE-2005-0585", "CVE-2005-0586", "CVE-2005-0587", "CVE-2005-0588", "CVE-2005-0589", "CVE-2005-0590", "CVE-2005-0591", "CVE-2005-0592", "CVE-2005-0593", "CVE-2005-0752", "CVE-2005-0989", "CVE-2005-1153", "CVE-2005-1154", "CVE-2005-1155", "CVE-2005-1156", "CVE-2005-1157", "CVE-2005-1158", "CVE-2005-1159", "CVE-2005-1160", "CVE-2005-1531", "CVE-2005-1532", "CVE-2005-1937", "CVE-2005-2260", "CVE-2005-2261", "CVE-2005-2262", "CVE-2005-2263", "CVE-2005-2264", "CVE-2005-2265", "CVE-2005-2266", "CVE-2005-2267", "CVE-2005-2268", "CVE-2005-2269", "CVE-2005-2270");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"149-3");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 4.10 : mozilla-firefox vulnerabilities (USN-149-3)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for updated packages.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"USN-149-1 fixed some vulnerabilities in the Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary
Hedgehog) version of Firefox. The version shipped with Ubuntu 4.10
(Warty Warthog) is also vulnerable to these flaws, so it needs to be
upgraded as well. Please see

http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-149-1

for the original advisory.

This update also fixes several older vulnerabilities; Some of them
could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with full user privileges
if the user visited a malicious website. (MFSA-2005-01 to
MFSA-2005-44; please see the following website for details:
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'Mozilla Suite/Firefox compareTo() Code Execution');
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mozilla-firefox");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mozilla-firefox-dom-inspector");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mozilla-firefox-locale-ca");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mozilla-firefox-locale-de");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mozilla-firefox-locale-es");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mozilla-firefox-locale-fr");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mozilla-firefox-locale-it");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mozilla-firefox-locale-ja");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mozilla-firefox-locale-nb");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mozilla-firefox-locale-pl");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mozilla-firefox-locale-tr");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mozilla-firefox-locale-uk");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:4.10");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/07/28");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2006/01/15");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2005-2018 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2006-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("ubuntu.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");

if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release");
if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu");
release = chomp(release);
if (! ereg(pattern:"^(4\.10)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 4.10", "Ubuntu " + release);
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Ubuntu", cpu);

flag = 0;

if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"mozilla-firefox", pkgver:"1.0.6-0ubuntu0.0.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"mozilla-firefox-dom-inspector", pkgver:"1.0.6-0ubuntu0.0.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"mozilla-firefox-locale-ca", pkgver:"1.0-0ubuntu0.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"mozilla-firefox-locale-de", pkgver:"1.0-0ubuntu0.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"mozilla-firefox-locale-es", pkgver:"1.0-0ubuntu0.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"mozilla-firefox-locale-fr", pkgver:"1.0-0ubuntu0.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"mozilla-firefox-locale-it", pkgver:"1.0-0ubuntu0.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"mozilla-firefox-locale-ja", pkgver:"1.0-0ubuntu0.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"mozilla-firefox-locale-nb", pkgver:"1.0-0ubuntu0.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"mozilla-firefox-locale-pl", pkgver:"1.0-0ubuntu0.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"mozilla-firefox-locale-tr", pkgver:"1.0-0ubuntu0.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"mozilla-firefox-locale-uk", pkgver:"1.0-0ubuntu0.1")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra      : ubuntu_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "mozilla-firefox / mozilla-firefox-dom-inspector / etc");
}
  • NASL familyWindows
    NASL idMOZILLA_176.NASL
    descriptionThe remote version of Mozilla contains multiple security issues that could allow an attacker to impersonate a website and to trick a user into accepting and executing arbitrary files or to cause a heap overflow in the FireFox process and execute arbitrary code on the remote host.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id17604
    published2005-03-23
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2005-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/17604
    titleMozilla Browser < 1.7.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#


include("compat.inc");

if(description)
{
 script_id(17604);
 script_version("1.20");

 script_cve_id(
   "CVE-2005-0255", 
   "CVE-2005-0399", 
   "CVE-2005-0401", 
   "CVE-2005-0578",
   "CVE-2005-0586", 
   "CVE-2005-0587", 
   "CVE-2005-0588", 
   "CVE-2005-0590",
   "CVE-2005-0592", 
   "CVE-2005-0593"
 );
 script_bugtraq_id(12659, 12881, 12885);

 script_name(english:"Mozilla Browser < 1.7.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities");

 script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"A web browser installed on the remote host contains multiple
vulnerabilities." );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote version of Mozilla contains multiple security issues that
could allow an attacker to impersonate a website and to trick a user
into accepting and executing arbitrary files or to cause a heap
overflow in the FireFox process and execute arbitrary code on the
remote host." );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Mozilla 1.7.6 or later." );
 script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
 script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2005/03/23");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "2004/04/23");
 script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/16 14:09:14");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value: "2005/03/23");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe",value:"cpe:/a:mozilla:mozilla");
script_end_attributes();

 script_summary(english:"Determines the version of Mozilla");
 script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
 script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
 script_family(english:"Windows");
 script_dependencies("mozilla_org_installed.nasl");
 script_require_keys("Mozilla/Version");
 exit(0);
}

#

include("misc_func.inc");


ver = read_version_in_kb("Mozilla/Version");
if (isnull(ver)) exit(0);

if (
  ver[0] < 1 ||
  (
    ver[0] == 1 &&
    (
      ver[1] < 7 ||
      (ver[1] == 7 && ver[2] < 6)
    )
  )
) security_hole(get_kb_item("SMB/transport"));
  • NASL familyWindows
    NASL idMOZILLA_FIREFOX_101.NASL
    descriptionThe installed version of Firefox is earlier than 1.0.1. Such versions have multiple security issues, including vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to impersonate a website by using an International Domain Name, or vulnerabilities that could allow arbitrary code execution.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id17218
    published2005-02-25
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2005-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/17218
    titleFirefox < 1.0.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities

Oval

accepted2007-05-09T16:10:40.644-04:00
classvulnerability
contributors
  • nameRobert L. Hollis
    organizationThreatGuard, Inc.
  • nameMatthew Wojcik
    organizationThe MITRE Corporation
  • nameJonathan Baker
    organizationThe MITRE Corporation
  • nameJonathan Baker
    organizationThe MITRE Corporation
  • nameJonathan Baker
    organizationThe MITRE Corporation
  • nameJonathan Baker
    organizationThe MITRE Corporation
  • nameJonathan Baker
    organizationThe MITRE Corporation
  • nameJonathan Baker
    organizationThe MITRE Corporation
  • nameJonathan Baker
    organizationThe MITRE Corporation
  • nameJonathan Baker
    organizationThe MITRE Corporation
  • nameJonathan Baker
    organizationThe MITRE Corporation
descriptionFirefox before 1.0.1 and Mozilla before 1.7.6 allows remote malicious web sites to overwrite arbitrary files by tricking the user into downloading a .LNK (link) file twice, which overwrites the file that was referenced in the first .LNK file.
familywindows
idoval:org.mitre.oval:def:100037
statusaccepted
submitted2005-08-16T12:00:00.000-04:00
titleMozilla Double Download .lnk Vulnerability
version6

References