Vulnerabilities > CVE-2015-2720 - Code vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox

047910
CVSS 0.0 - NONE
Attack vector
UNKNOWN
Attack complexity
UNKNOWN
Privileges required
UNKNOWN
Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN
Integrity impact
UNKNOWN
Availability impact
UNKNOWN

Summary

The update implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 38.0 on Windows does not ensure that the pathname for updater.exe corresponds to the application directory, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse file.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Mozilla
372

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

  • NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
    NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_D9B43004F5FD4807B1D7DBF66455B244.NASL
    descriptionThe Mozilla Project reports : MFSA-2015-46 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:38.0 / rv:31.7) MFSA-2015-47 Buffer overflow parsing H.264 video with Linux Gstreamer MFSA-2015-48 Buffer overflow with SVG content and CSS MFSA-2015-49 Referrer policy ignored when links opened by middle-click and context menu MFSA-2015-50 Out-of-bounds read and write in asm.js validation MFSA-2015-51 Use-after-free during text processing with vertical text enabled MFSA-2015-52 Sensitive URL encoded information written to Android logcat MFSA-2015-53 Use-after-free due to Media Decoder Thread creation during shutdown MFSA-2015-54 Buffer overflow when parsing compressed XML MFSA-2015-55 Buffer overflow and out-of-bounds read while parsing MP4 video metadata MFSA-2015-56 Untrusted site hosting trusted page can intercept webchannel responses MFSA-2015-57 Privilege escalation through IPC channel messages MFSA-2015-58 Mozilla Windows updater can be run outside of application directory MFSA 2015-93 Integer overflows in libstagefright while processing MP4 video metadata
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id83389
    published2015-05-13
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/83389
    titleFreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (d9b43004-f5fd-4807-b1d7-dbf66455b244)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database :
    #
    # Copyright 2003-2018 Jacques Vidrine and contributors
    #
    # Redistribution and use in source (VuXML) and 'compiled' forms (SGML,
    # HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification,
    # are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
    # 1. Redistributions of source code (VuXML) must retain the above
    #    copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
    #    disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified.
    # 2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs,
    #    published online in any format, converted to PDF, PostScript,
    #    RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above copyright
    #    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
    #    in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
    #    distribution.
    # 
    # THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
    # AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
    # THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
    # PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS
    # BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY,
    # OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT
    # OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR
    # BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
    # WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE
    # OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION,
    # EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(83389);
      script_version("2.7");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/23 12:49:57");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2011-3079", "CVE-2015-0797", "CVE-2015-0833", "CVE-2015-2708", "CVE-2015-2709", "CVE-2015-2710", "CVE-2015-2711", "CVE-2015-2712", "CVE-2015-2713", "CVE-2015-2714", "CVE-2015-2715", "CVE-2015-2716", "CVE-2015-2717", "CVE-2015-2718", "CVE-2015-2720", "CVE-2015-4496");
    
      script_name(english:"FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (d9b43004-f5fd-4807-b1d7-dbf66455b244)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks for updated packages in pkg_info output");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:
    "The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related
    updates."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "The Mozilla Project reports :
    
    MFSA-2015-46 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:38.0 / rv:31.7)
    
    MFSA-2015-47 Buffer overflow parsing H.264 video with Linux Gstreamer
    
    MFSA-2015-48 Buffer overflow with SVG content and CSS
    
    MFSA-2015-49 Referrer policy ignored when links opened by middle-click
    and context menu
    
    MFSA-2015-50 Out-of-bounds read and write in asm.js validation
    
    MFSA-2015-51 Use-after-free during text processing with vertical text
    enabled
    
    MFSA-2015-52 Sensitive URL encoded information written to Android
    logcat
    
    MFSA-2015-53 Use-after-free due to Media Decoder Thread creation
    during shutdown
    
    MFSA-2015-54 Buffer overflow when parsing compressed XML
    
    MFSA-2015-55 Buffer overflow and out-of-bounds read while parsing MP4
    video metadata
    
    MFSA-2015-56 Untrusted site hosting trusted page can intercept
    webchannel responses
    
    MFSA-2015-57 Privilege escalation through IPC channel messages
    
    MFSA-2015-58 Mozilla Windows updater can be run outside of application
    directory
    
    MFSA 2015-93 Integer overflows in libstagefright while processing MP4
    video metadata"
      );
      # https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2015-46/
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-46/"
      );
      # https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2015-47/
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-47/"
      );
      # https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2015-48/
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-48/"
      );
      # https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2015-49/
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-49/"
      );
      # https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2015-50/
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-50/"
      );
      # https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2015-51/
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-51/"
      );
      # https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2015-52/
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-52/"
      );
      # https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2015-53/
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-53/"
      );
      # https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2015-54/
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-54/"
      );
      # https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2015-55/
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-55/"
      );
      # https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2015-56/
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-56/"
      );
      # https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2015-57/
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-57/"
      );
      # https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2015-58/
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-58/"
      );
      # https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2015-93/
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-93/"
      );
      # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/d9b43004-f5fd-4807-b1d7-dbf66455b244.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?7d864b11"
      );
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/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:freebsd:freebsd:firefox");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:firefox-esr");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:libxul");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:linux-firefox");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:linux-seamonkey");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:linux-thunderbird");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:seamonkey");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:thunderbird");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2015/05/12");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/05/12");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/05/13");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("freebsd_package.inc");
    
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD");
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    
    if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"firefox<38.0,1")) flag++;
    if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"linux-firefox<38.0,1")) flag++;
    if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"seamonkey<2.35")) flag++;
    if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"linux-seamonkey<2.35")) flag++;
    if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"firefox-esr<31.7.0,1")) flag++;
    if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"libxul<31.7.0")) flag++;
    if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"libxul>=32.0<38.0")) flag++;
    if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"thunderbird<31.7.0")) flag++;
    if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"thunderbird>=32.0<38.0")) flag++;
    if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"linux-thunderbird<31.7.0")) flag++;
    if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"linux-thunderbird>=32.0<38.0")) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get());
      else security_hole(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
    
  • NASL familyWindows
    NASL idMOZILLA_FIREFOX_38_0.NASL
    descriptionThe version of Firefox installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 38.0. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities : - A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Inter-process Communications (IPC) implementation due to a failure to validate the identity of a listener process. (CVE-2011-3079) - An issue exists in the Mozilla updater in which DLL files in the current working directory or Windows temporary directories will be loaded, allowing the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-0833 / CVE-2015-2720) - Multiple memory corruption issues exist within the browser engine. A remote attacker can exploit these to corrupt memory and execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-2708, CVE-2015-2709) - A buffer overflow condition exists in SVGTextFrame.cpp when rendering SVG graphics that are combined with certain CSS properties due to improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can exploit this to cause a heap-based buffer overflow, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-2710) - A security bypass vulnerability exists due to the referrer policy not being enforced in certain situations when opening links (e.g. using the context menu or a middle-clicks by mouse). A remote attacker can exploit this to bypass intended policy settings. (CVE-2015-2711) - An out-of-bounds read and write issue exists in the CheckHeapLengthCondition() function due to improper JavaScript validation of heap lengths. A remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted web page, to disclose memory contents. (CVE-2015-2712) - A use-after-free error exists due to improper processing of text when vertical text is enabled. A remote attacker can exploit this to dereference already freed memory. (CVE-2015-2713) - A use-after-free error exists in the RegisterCurrentThread() function in nsThreadManager.cpp due to a race condition related to media decoder threads created during the shutdown process. A remote attacker can exploit this to dereference already freed memory. (CVE-2015-2715) - A buffer overflow condition exists in the XML_GetBuffer() function in xmlparse.c due to improper validation of user-supplied input when handling compressed XML content. An attacker can exploit this to cause a buffer overflow, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-2716) - An integer overflow condition exists in the parseChunk() function in MPEG4Extractor.cpp due to improper handling of MP4 video metadata in chunks. A remote attacker can exploit this, via specially crafted media content, to cause a heap-based buffer overflow, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-2717) - A security bypass vulnerability exists in WebChannel.jsm due to improper handling of message traffic. An untrusted page hosting a trusted page within an iframe can intercept webchannel responses for the trusted page. This allows a remote attacker, via a specially crafted web page, to bypass origin restrictions, resulting in the disclosure of sensitive information. (CVE-2015-2718) - Multiple integer overflow conditions exist in the bundled libstagefright component due to improper validation of user-supplied input when processing MPEG4 sample metadata. A remote attacker can exploit this, via specially crafted media content, to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-4496)
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id83439
    published2015-05-13
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/83439
    titleFirefox < 38.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities