Vulnerabilities > CVE-2009-0354 - Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN Summary
Cross-domain vulnerability in js/src/jsobj.cpp in Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.6 allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy, and access the properties of an arbitrary window and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, via vectors involving a chrome XBL method and the window.eval function.
Vulnerable Configurations
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Application | 9 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Cross Site Scripting through Log Files An attacker may leverage a system weakness where logs are susceptible to log injection to insert scripts into the system's logs. If these logs are later viewed by an administrator through a thin administrative interface and the log data is not properly HTML encoded before being written to the page, the attackers' scripts stored in the log will be executed in the administrative interface with potentially serious consequences. This attack pattern is really a combination of two other attack patterns: log injection and stored cross site scripting.
- Embedding Scripts in Non-Script Elements This attack is a form of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) where malicious scripts are embedded in elements that are not expected to host scripts such as image tags (<img>), comments in XML documents (< !-CDATA->), etc. These tags may not be subject to the same input validation, output validation, and other content filtering and checking routines, so this can create an opportunity for an attacker to tunnel through the application's elements and launch a XSS attack through other elements. As with all remote attacks, it is important to differentiate the ability to launch an attack (such as probing an internal network for unpatched servers) and the ability of the remote attacker to collect and interpret the output of said attack.
- Embedding Scripts within Scripts An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities that are brought on by allowing remote hosts to execute scripts. The attacker leverages this capability to execute scripts to execute his/her own script by embedding it within other scripts that the target software is likely to execute. The attacker must have the ability to inject script into script that is likely to be executed. If this is done, then the attacker can potentially launch a variety of probes and attacks against the web server's local environment, in many cases the so-called DMZ, back end resources the web server can communicate with, and other hosts. With the proliferation of intermediaries, such as Web App Firewalls, network devices, and even printers having JVMs and Web servers, there are many locales where an attacker can inject malicious scripts. Since this attack pattern defines scripts within scripts, there are likely privileges to execute said attack on the host. Of course, these attacks are not solely limited to the server side, client side scripts like Ajax and client side JavaScript can contain malicious scripts as well. In general all that is required is for there to be sufficient privileges to execute a script, but not protected against writing.
- Cross-Site Scripting in Error Pages An attacker distributes a link (or possibly some other query structure) with a request to a third party web server that is malformed and also contains a block of exploit code in order to have the exploit become live code in the resulting error page. When the third party web server receives the crafted request and notes the error it then creates an error message that echoes the malformed message, including the exploit. Doing this converts the exploit portion of the message into to valid language elements that are executed by the viewing browser. When a victim executes the query provided by the attacker the infected error message error message is returned including the exploit code which then runs in the victim's browser. XSS can result in execution of code as well as data leakage (e.g. session cookies can be sent to the attacker). This type of attack is especially dangerous since the exploit appears to come from the third party web server, who the victim may trust and hence be more vulnerable to deception.
- Cross-Site Scripting Using Alternate Syntax The attacker uses alternate forms of keywords or commands that result in the same action as the primary form but which may not be caught by filters. For example, many keywords are processed in a case insensitive manner. If the site's web filtering algorithm does not convert all tags into a consistent case before the comparison with forbidden keywords it is possible to bypass filters (e.g., incomplete black lists) by using an alternate case structure. For example, the "script" tag using the alternate forms of "Script" or "ScRiPt" may bypass filters where "script" is the only form tested. Other variants using different syntax representations are also possible as well as using pollution meta-characters or entities that are eventually ignored by the rendering engine. The attack can result in the execution of otherwise prohibited functionality.
Nessus
NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_8B491182F84211DD94D90030843D3802.NASL description Mozilla Foundation reports : MFSA 2009-06: Directives to not cache pages ignored MFSA 2009-05: XMLHttpRequest allows reading HTTPOnly cookies MFSA 2009-04: Chrome privilege escalation via local .desktop files MFSA 2009-03: Local file stealing with SessionStore MFSA 2009-02: XSS using a chrome XBL method and window.eval MFSA 2009-01: Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.9.0.6) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 35640 published 2009-02-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35640 title FreeBSD : firefox -- multiple vulnerabilities (8b491182-f842-11dd-94d9-0030843d3802) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2009-1399.NASL description Update to the new upstream Firefox 3.0.6 / XULRunner 1.9.0.6 fixing multiple security issues: http://www.mozilla.org/security/known- vulnerabilities/firefox30.html#firefox3.0.6 This update also contains new builds of all applications depending on Gecko libraries, built against the new version. Note: after the updated packages are installed, Firefox must be restarted for the update to take effect. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 35604 published 2009-02-06 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35604 title Fedora 9 : Miro-1.2.7-4.fc9 / blam-1.8.5-5.fc9.1 / cairo-dock-1.6.3.1-1.fc9.3 / chmsee-1.0.1-8.fc9 / etc (2009-1399) NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRIVA_MDVSA-2009-044.NASL description Security vulnerabilities have been discovered and corrected in the latest Mozilla Firefox 3.x, version 3.0.5 (CVE-2009-0352, CVE-2009-0353, CVE-2009-0354, CVE-2009-0355, CVE-2009-0356, CVE-2009-0357, CVE-2009-0358). This update provides the latest Mozilla Firefox 3.x to correct these issues. As Mozilla Firefox 2.x has been phased out, version 3.x is also being provided for Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 37673 published 2009-04-23 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/37673 title Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : firefox (MDVSA-2009:044) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2009-1398.NASL description Update to the new upstream Firefox 3.0.6 / XULRunner 1.9.0.6 fixing multiple security issues: http://www.mozilla.org/security/known- vulnerabilities/firefox30.html#firefox3.0.6 This update also contains new builds of all applications depending on Gecko libraries, built against the new version, including the latest google gadgets upstream release. See http://code.google.com/p/google-gadgets-for- linux/source/browse/trunk/ChangeLog?spec=svn1087&r=1087 for details. Note: after the updated packages are installed, Firefox must be restarted for the update to take effect. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 37378 published 2009-04-23 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/37378 title Fedora 10 : Miro-1.2.8-2.fc10 / blam-1.8.5-6.fc10 / devhelp-0.22-3.fc10 / epiphany-2.24.3-2.fc10 / etc (2009-1398) NASL family Scientific Linux Local Security Checks NASL id SL_20090204_FIREFOX_ON_SL4_X.NASL description Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Firefox. (CVE-2009-0352, CVE-2009-0353, CVE-2009-0356) Several flaws were found in the way malformed content was processed. A website containing specially crafted content could, potentially, trick a Firefox user into surrendering sensitive information. (CVE-2009-0354, CVE-2009-0355) A flaw was found in the way Firefox treated HTTPOnly cookies. An attacker able to execute arbitrary JavaScript on a target site using HTTPOnly cookies may be able to use this flaw to steal the cookie. (CVE-2009-0357) A flaw was found in the way Firefox treated certain HTTP page caching directives. A local attacker could steal the contents of sensitive pages which the page author did not intend to be cached. (CVE-2009-0358) After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes to take effect. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 60527 published 2012-08-01 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/60527 title Scientific Linux Security Update : firefox on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64 NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-717-1.NASL description Several flaws were discovered in the browser engine. These problems could allow an attacker to crash the browser and possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2009-0352, CVE-2009-0353) A flaw was discovered in the JavaScript engine. An attacker could bypass the same-origin policy in Firefox by utilizing a chrome XBL method and execute arbitrary JavaScript within the context of another website. (CVE-2009-0354) A flaw was discovered in the browser engine when restoring closed tabs. If a user were tricked into restoring a tab to a malicious website with form input controls, an attacker could steal local files on the user last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 37217 published 2009-04-23 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2009-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2009-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/37217 title Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 8.10 : firefox-3.0, xulrunner-1.9 vulnerabilities (USN-717-1) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_11_0_MOZILLAFIREFOX-090206.NASL description The Mozilla Firefox browser is updated to version 3.0.6 fixing various security and stability issues. MFSA 2009-01 / CVE-2009-0352 / CVE-2009-0353: Mozilla developers identified and fixed several stability bugs in the browser engine used in Firefox and other Mozilla-based products. Some of these crashes showed evidence of memory corruption under certain circumstances and we presume that with enough effort at least some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. MFSA 2009-02 / CVE-2009-0354: Mozilla security researcher moz_bug_r_a4 reported that a chrome XBL method can be used in conjuction with window.eval to execute arbitrary JavaScript within the context of another website, violating the same origin policy. Firefox 2 releases are not affected. MFSA 2009-03 / CVE-2009-0355: Mozilla security researcher moz_bug_r_a4 reported that a form input control last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 39886 published 2009-07-21 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/39886 title openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox (MozillaFirefox-509) NASL family CentOS Local Security Checks NASL id CENTOS_RHSA-2009-0256.NASL description An updated firefox package that fixes various security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5. This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Mozilla Firefox is an open source Web browser. Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Firefox. (CVE-2009-0352, CVE-2009-0353, CVE-2009-0356) Several flaws were found in the way malformed content was processed. A website containing specially crafted content could, potentially, trick a Firefox user into surrendering sensitive information. (CVE-2009-0354, CVE-2009-0355) A flaw was found in the way Firefox treated HTTPOnly cookies. An attacker able to execute arbitrary JavaScript on a target site using HTTPOnly cookies may be able to use this flaw to steal the cookie. (CVE-2009-0357) A flaw was found in the way Firefox treated certain HTTP page caching directives. A local attacker could steal the contents of sensitive pages which the page author did not intend to be cached. (CVE-2009-0358) For technical details regarding these flaws, please see the Mozilla security advisories for Firefox 3.0.6. You can find a link to the Mozilla advisories in the References section. All Firefox users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Firefox version 3.0.6, which corrects these issues. After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes to take effect. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 35590 published 2009-02-05 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35590 title CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2009:0256) NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2009-0256.NASL description An updated firefox package that fixes various security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5. This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Mozilla Firefox is an open source Web browser. Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Firefox. (CVE-2009-0352, CVE-2009-0353, CVE-2009-0356) Several flaws were found in the way malformed content was processed. A website containing specially crafted content could, potentially, trick a Firefox user into surrendering sensitive information. (CVE-2009-0354, CVE-2009-0355) A flaw was found in the way Firefox treated HTTPOnly cookies. An attacker able to execute arbitrary JavaScript on a target site using HTTPOnly cookies may be able to use this flaw to steal the cookie. (CVE-2009-0357) A flaw was found in the way Firefox treated certain HTTP page caching directives. A local attacker could steal the contents of sensitive pages which the page author did not intend to be cached. (CVE-2009-0358) For technical details regarding these flaws, please see the Mozilla security advisories for Firefox 3.0.6. You can find a link to the Mozilla advisories in the References section. All Firefox users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Firefox version 3.0.6, which corrects these issues. After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes to take effect. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 35585 published 2009-02-04 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35585 title RHEL 4 / 5 : firefox (RHSA-2009:0256) NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201301-01.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201301-01 (Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, NSS, GNU IceCat, and XULRunner. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker could entice a user to view a specially crafted web page or email, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service condition. Furthermore, a remote attacker may be able to perform Man-in-the-Middle attacks, obtain sensitive information, bypass restrictions and protection mechanisms, force file downloads, conduct XML injection attacks, conduct XSS attacks, bypass the Same Origin Policy, spoof URL’s for phishing attacks, trigger a vertical scroll, spoof the location bar, spoof an SSL indicator, modify the browser’s font, conduct clickjacking attacks, or have other unspecified impact. A local attacker could gain escalated privileges, obtain sensitive information, or replace an arbitrary downloaded file. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 63402 published 2013-01-08 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/63402 title GLSA-201301-01 : Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities (BEAST) NASL family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLELINUX_ELSA-2009-0256.NASL description From Red Hat Security Advisory 2009:0256 : An updated firefox package that fixes various security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5. This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Mozilla Firefox is an open source Web browser. Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running Firefox. (CVE-2009-0352, CVE-2009-0353, CVE-2009-0356) Several flaws were found in the way malformed content was processed. A website containing specially crafted content could, potentially, trick a Firefox user into surrendering sensitive information. (CVE-2009-0354, CVE-2009-0355) A flaw was found in the way Firefox treated HTTPOnly cookies. An attacker able to execute arbitrary JavaScript on a target site using HTTPOnly cookies may be able to use this flaw to steal the cookie. (CVE-2009-0357) A flaw was found in the way Firefox treated certain HTTP page caching directives. A local attacker could steal the contents of sensitive pages which the page author did not intend to be cached. (CVE-2009-0358) For technical details regarding these flaws, please see the Mozilla security advisories for Firefox 3.0.6. You can find a link to the Mozilla advisories in the References section. All Firefox users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Firefox version 3.0.6, which corrects these issues. After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes to take effect. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 67795 published 2013-07-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/67795 title Oracle Linux 4 / 5 : firefox (ELSA-2009-0256) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_11_1_MOZILLAFIREFOX-090206.NASL description The Mozilla Firefox browser is updated to version 3.0.6 fixing various security and stability issues. MFSA 2009-01 / CVE-2009-0352 / CVE-2009-0353: Mozilla developers identified and fixed several stability bugs in the browser engine used in Firefox and other Mozilla-based products. Some of these crashes showed evidence of memory corruption under certain circumstances and we presume that with enough effort at least some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. MFSA 2009-02 / CVE-2009-0354: Mozilla security researcher moz_bug_r_a4 reported that a chrome XBL method can be used in conjuction with window.eval to execute arbitrary JavaScript within the context of another website, violating the same origin policy. Firefox 2 releases are not affected. MFSA 2009-03 / CVE-2009-0355: Mozilla security researcher moz_bug_r_a4 reported that a form input control last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 40169 published 2009-07-21 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/40169 title openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox (MozillaFirefox-509) NASL family Windows NASL id MOZILLA_FIREFOX_306.NASL description The installed version of Firefox 3.0.x is earlier than 3.0.6. Such versions are potentially affected by the following security issues : - There are several stability bugs in the browser engine that could lead to crashes with evidence of memory corruption. (MFSA 2009-01) - A chrome XBL method can be used in conjunction with last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 35581 published 2009-02-04 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35581 title Firefox 3.0.x < 3.0.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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description | Cross-domain vulnerability in js/src/jsobj.cpp in Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.6 allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy, and access the properties of an arbitrary window and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, via vectors involving a chrome XBL method and the window.eval function. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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submitted | 2010-07-09T03:56:16-04:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
title | Cross-domain vulnerability in js/src/jsobj.cpp in Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.6 allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy, and access the properties of an arbitrary window and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, via vectors involving a chrome XBL method and the window.eval function. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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References
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-02.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=468581
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33598
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33799
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33809
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021664
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0256.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33869
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-717-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:044
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33841
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-February/msg00240.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33831
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33846
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-040.htm
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0313
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00001.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9796