Vulnerabilities > CVE-2014-1506 - Path Traversal vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
Directory traversal vulnerability in Android Crash Reporter in Mozilla Firefox before 28.0 on Android allows attackers to trigger the transmission of local files to arbitrary servers, or cause a denial of service (application crash), via a crafted application that specifies Android Crash Reporter arguments.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Relative Path Traversal An attacker exploits a weakness in input validation on the target by supplying a specially constructed path utilizing dot and slash characters for the purpose of obtaining access to arbitrary files or resources. An attacker modifies a known path on the target in order to reach material that is not available through intended channels. These attacks normally involve adding additional path separators (/ or \) and/or dots (.), or encodings thereof, in various combinations in order to reach parent directories or entirely separate trees of the target's directory structure.
- Directory Traversal An attacker with access to file system resources, either directly or via application logic, will use various file path specification or navigation mechanisms such as ".." in path strings and absolute paths to extend their range of access to inappropriate areas of the file system. The attacker attempts to either explore the file system for recon purposes or access directories and files that are intended to be restricted from their access. Exploring the file system can be achieved through constructing paths presented to directory listing programs, such as "ls" and 'dir', or through specially crafted programs that attempt to explore the file system. The attacker engaging in this type of activity is searching for information that can be used later in a more exploitive attack. Access to restricted directories or files can be achieved through modification of path references utilized by system applications.
- File System Function Injection, Content Based An attack of this type exploits the host's trust in executing remote content including binary files. The files are poisoned with a malicious payload (targeting the file systems accessible by the target software) by the attacker and may be passed through standard channels such as via email, and standard web content like PDF and multimedia files. The attacker exploits known vulnerabilities or handling routines in the target processes. Vulnerabilities of this type have been found in a wide variety of commercial applications from Microsoft Office to Adobe Acrobat and Apple Safari web browser. When the attacker knows the standard handling routines and can identify vulnerabilities and entry points they can be exploited by otherwise seemingly normal content. Once the attack is executed, the attackers' program can access relative directories such as C:\Program Files or other standard system directories to launch further attacks. In a worst case scenario, these programs are combined with other propagation logic and work as a virus.
- Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic This attack targets the encoding of the URL combined with the encoding of the slash characters. An attacker can take advantage of the multiple way of encoding an URL and abuse the interpretation of the URL. An URL may contain special character that need special syntax handling in order to be interpreted. Special characters are represented using a percentage character followed by two digits representing the octet code of the original character (%HEX-CODE). For instance US-ASCII space character would be represented with %20. This is often referred as escaped ending or percent-encoding. Since the server decodes the URL from the requests, it may restrict the access to some URL paths by validating and filtering out the URL requests it received. An attacker will try to craft an URL with a sequence of special characters which once interpreted by the server will be equivalent to a forbidden URL. It can be difficult to protect against this attack since the URL can contain other format of encoding such as UTF-8 encoding, Unicode-encoding, etc.
- 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 family | FreeBSD Local Security Checks |
| NASL id | FREEBSD_PKG_610DE647AF8D11E3A25BB4B52FCE4CE8.NASL |
| description | The Mozilla Project reports : MFSA 2014-15 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:28.0 / rv:24.4) MFSA 2014-16 Files extracted during updates are not always read only MFSA 2014-17 Out of bounds read during WAV file decoding MFSA 2014-18 crypto.generateCRMFRequest does not validate type of key MFSA 2014-19 Spoofing attack on WebRTC permission prompt MFSA 2014-20 onbeforeunload and JavaScript navigation DOS MFSA 2014-21 Local file access via Open Link in new tab MFSA 2014-22 WebGL content injection from one domain to rendering in another MFSA 2014-23 Content Security Policy for data: documents not preserved by session restore MFSA 2014-24 Android Crash Reporter open to manipulation MFSA 2014-25 Firefox OS DeviceStorageFile object vulnerable to relative path escape MFSA 2014-26 Information disclosure through polygon rendering in MathML MFSA 2014-27 Memory corruption in Cairo during PDF font rendering MFSA 2014-28 SVG filters information disclosure through feDisplacementMap MFSA 2014-29 Privilege escalation using WebIDL-implemented APIs MFSA 2014-30 Use-after-free in TypeObject MFSA 2014-31 Out-of-bounds read/write through neutering ArrayBuffer objects MFSA 2014-32 Out-of-bounds write through TypedArrayObject after neutering |
| last seen | 2020-06-01 |
| modified | 2020-06-02 |
| plugin id | 73111 |
| published | 2014-03-20 |
| reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. |
| source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/73111 |
| title | FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (610de647-af8d-11e3-a25b-b4b52fce4ce8) |
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Seebug
| bulletinFamily | exploit |
| description | Bugtraq ID:66420 CVE ID:CVE-2014-1506 Firefox是一款开源WEB浏览器。 Mozilla Firefox 28.0之前版本, Firefox ESR 24.4之前版本, Thunderbird 24.4之前版本, SeaMonkey 2.25之前版本在Android Crash Reporter中存在目录遍历安全漏洞，这可使远程攻击者造成拒绝服务。 0 Mozilla Firefox < 28.0 目前厂商已经发布了升级补丁以修复漏洞，请下载使用： http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-24.html |
| id | SSV:62024 |
| last seen | 2017-11-19 |
| modified | 2014-04-01 |
| published | 2014-04-01 |
| reporter | Root |
| title | Mozilla Firefox for Android目录遍历漏洞 |
The Hacker News
| id | THN:D806239A1D3425897771D000F21A845F |
| last seen | 2018-01-27 |
| modified | 2014-03-27 |
| published | 2014-03-26 |
| reporter | Mohit Kumar |
| source | https://thehackernews.com/2014/03/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-firefox-for.html |
| title | Multiple Vulnerabilities in Firefox for Android Leak Sensitive Information |