Vulnerabilities > CVE-2013-1707 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in Mozilla products
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Updater in Mozilla Firefox before 23.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.8, Thunderbird before 17.0.8, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.8 allows local users to gain privileges via a long pathname on the command line to the Mozilla Maintenance Service.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
Nessus
NASL family Windows NASL id MOZILLA_THUNDERBIRD_1708_ESR.NASL description The installed version of Thunderbird ESR 17.x is earlier than 17.0.8 and is, therefore, potentially affected the following vulnerabilities: - Various errors exist that could allow memory corruption conditions. (CVE-2013-1701) - Errors exist related to the update service and last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 69271 published 2013-08-08 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/69271 title Mozilla Thunderbird ESR 17.x < 17.0.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_11_MOZILLAFIREFOX-130810.NASL description This update to Firefox 17.0.8esr (bnc#833389) addresses : - (bmo#855331, bmo#844088, bmo#858060, bmo#870200, bmo#874974, bmo#861530, bmo#854157, bmo#893684, bmo#878703, bmo#862185, bmo#879139, bmo#888107, bmo#880734). (MFSA 2013-63 / CVE-2013-1701 / CVE-2013-1702) Miscellaneous memory safety hazards have been fixed (rv:23.0 / rv:17.0.8) : - (bmo#888314, bmo#888361) Buffer overflow in Mozilla Maintenance Service and Mozilla Updater. (MFSA 2013-66 / CVE-2013-1706 / CVE-2013-1707) - (bmo#848253) Document URI misrepresentation and masquerading. (MFSA 2013-68 / CVE-2013-1709) - (bmo#871368) CRMF requests allow for code execution and XSS attacks. (MFSA 2013-69 / CVE-2013-1710) - (bmo#859072) Further Privilege escalation through Mozilla Updater. (MFSA 2013-71 / CVE-2013-1712) - (bmo#887098) Wrong principal used for validating URI for some JavaScript components. (MFSA 2013-72 / CVE-2013-1713) - (bmo#879787) Same-origin bypass with web workers and XMLHttpRequest. (MFSA 2013-73 / CVE-2013-1714) - (bmo#406541) Local Java applets may read contents of local file system. (MFSA 2013-75 / CVE-2013-1717) last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2013-08-14 plugin id 69344 published 2013-08-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/69344 title SuSE 11.2 / 11.3 Security Update : Mozilla Firefox (SAT Patch Numbers 8187 / 8191) NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_0998E79D005511E3905B0025905A4771.NASL description The Mozilla Project reports : MFSA 2013-63 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:23.0 / rv:17.0.8) MFSA 2013-64 Use after free mutating DOM during SetBody MFSA 2013-65 Buffer underflow when generating CRMF requests MFSA 2013-66 Buffer overflow in Mozilla Maintenance Service and Mozilla Updater MFSA 2013-67 Crash during WAV audio file decoding MFSA 2013-68 Document URI misrepresentation and masquerading MFSA 2013-69 CRMF requests allow for code execution and XSS attacks MFSA 2013-70 Bypass of XrayWrappers using XBL Scopes MFSA 2013-71 Further Privilege escalation through Mozilla Updater MFSA 2013-72 Wrong principal used for validating URI for some JavaScript components MFSA 2013-73 Same-origin bypass with web workers and XMLHttpRequest MFSA 2013-74 Firefox full and stub installer DLL hijacking MFSA 2013-75 Local Java applets may read contents of local file system last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 69278 published 2013-08-09 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/69278 title FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (0998e79d-0055-11e3-905b-0025905a4771) NASL family Windows NASL id MOZILLA_FIREFOX_23.NASL description The installed version of Firefox is earlier than 23.0 and is, therefore, potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities : - Various errors exist that could allow memory corruption conditions. (CVE-2013-1701, CVE-2013-1702) - Use-after-free errors exist related to DOM modification when using last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 69269 published 2013-08-08 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/69269 title Firefox < 23.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities NASL family Windows NASL id MOZILLA_FIREFOX_1708_ESR.NASL description The installed version of Firefox ESR 17.x is earlier than 17.0.8, and is, therefore, potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities : - Various errors exist that could allow memory corruption conditions. (CVE-2013-1701) - Errors exist related to the update service and last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 69268 published 2013-08-08 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/69268 title Firefox ESR 17.x < 17.0.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities NASL family Windows NASL id MOZILLA_THUNDERBIRD_1708.NASL description The installed version of Thunderbird is a version prior to 17.0.8 and is, therefore, potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities : - Various errors exist that could allow memory corruption conditions. (CVE-2013-1701, CVE-2013-1702) - Use-after-free errors exist related to DOM modification when using last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 69270 published 2013-08-08 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/69270 title Mozilla Thunderbird < 17.0.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_11_MOZILLAFIREFOX-130809.NASL description This update to Firefox 17.0.8esr (bnc#833389) addresses : - (bmo#855331, bmo#844088, bmo#858060, bmo#870200, bmo#874974, bmo#861530, bmo#854157, bmo#893684, bmo#878703, bmo#862185, bmo#879139, bmo#888107, bmo#880734). (MFSA 2013-63 / CVE-2013-1701 / CVE-2013-1702) Miscellaneous memory safety hazards have been fixed (rv:23.0 / rv:17.0.8) : - (bmo#888314, bmo#888361) Buffer overflow in Mozilla Maintenance Service and Mozilla Updater. (MFSA 2013-66 / CVE-2013-1706 / CVE-2013-1707) - (bmo#848253) Document URI misrepresentation and masquerading. (MFSA 2013-68 / CVE-2013-1709) - (bmo#871368) CRMF requests allow for code execution and XSS attacks. (MFSA 2013-69 / CVE-2013-1710) - (bmo#859072) Further Privilege escalation through Mozilla Updater. (MFSA 2013-71 / CVE-2013-1712) - (bmo#887098) Wrong principal used for validating URI for some JavaScript components. (MFSA 2013-72 / CVE-2013-1713) - (bmo#879787) Same-origin bypass with web workers and XMLHttpRequest. (MFSA 2013-73 / CVE-2013-1714) - (bmo#406541) Local Java applets may read contents of local file system. (MFSA 2013-75 / CVE-2013-1717) last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2013-08-14 plugin id 69343 published 2013-08-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/69343 title SuSE 11.2 / 11.3 Security Update : Mozilla Firefox (SAT Patch Numbers 8187 / 8191) NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201309-23.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201309-23 (Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey. 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. Further, a remote attacker could conduct XSS attacks, spoof URLs, bypass address space layout randomization, conduct clickjacking attacks, obtain potentially sensitive information, bypass access restrictions, modify the local filesystem, or conduct other unspecified attacks. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 70183 published 2013-09-28 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/70183 title GLSA-201309-23 : Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities
Oval
| accepted | 2014-10-06T04:02:43.323-04:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| description | Stack-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Updater in Mozilla Firefox before 23.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.8, Thunderbird before 17.0.8, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.8 allows local users to gain privileges via a long pathname on the command line to the Mozilla Maintenance Service. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| family | windows | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| id | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18871 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| submitted | 2013-08-30T10:26:26.748+04:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| title | Buffer overflow in Mozilla Maintenance Service and Mozilla Updater | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| version | 34 |