Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-9903 - Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
LOW Integrity impact
LOW Availability impact
NONE Summary
Mozilla's add-ons SDK had a world-accessible resource with an HTML injection vulnerability. If an additional vulnerability allowed this resource to be loaded as a document it could allow injecting content and script into an add-on's context. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.1.
Vulnerable Configurations
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 MacOS X Local Security Checks NASL id MACOSX_FIREFOX_50_1.NASL description The version of Mozilla Firefox installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 50.1. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities : - Multiple memory corruption issues exists when handling style contexts, regular expressions, and clamped gradients that allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9080) - Multiple memory corruption issues exists, such as when handling document state changes or HTML5 content, or else due to dereferencing already freed memory or improper validation of user-supplied input. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit these to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9893) - A buffer overflow condition exists in SkiaGl, within the GrResourceProvider::createBuffer() function in file gfx/skia/skia/src/gpu/GrResourceProvider.cpp, due to a GrGLBuffer being truncated during allocation. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9894) - A security bypass vulnerability exists due to event handlers for marquee elements being executed despite a Content Security Policy (CSP) that disallowed inline JavaScript. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to impact integrity. (CVE-2016-9895) - A use-after-free error exists within WebVR when handling the navigator object. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to dereference already freed memory, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9896) - A memory corruption issue exists in libGLES when WebGL functions use a vector constructor with a varying array within libGLES. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9897) - A use-after-free error exists in Editor, specifically within file editor/libeditor/HTMLEditor.cpp, when handling DOM subtrees. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9898) - A use-after-free error exists in the nsNodeUtils::CloneAndAdopt() function within file dom/base/nsNodeUtils.cpp, while manipulating DOM events and removing audio elements, due to improper handling of failing node adoption. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9899) - A security bypass vulnerability exists in the nsDataDocumentContentPolicy::ShouldLoad() function within file dom/base/nsDataDocumentContentPolicy.cpp that allows external resources to be inappropriately loaded by SVG images by utilizing last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 95884 published 2016-12-15 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/95884 title Mozilla Firefox < 50.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(95884); script_version("1.6"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/13"); script_cve_id( "CVE-2016-9080", "CVE-2016-9893", "CVE-2016-9894", "CVE-2016-9895", "CVE-2016-9896", "CVE-2016-9897", "CVE-2016-9898", "CVE-2016-9899", "CVE-2016-9900", "CVE-2016-9901", "CVE-2016-9902", "CVE-2016-9903", "CVE-2016-9904" ); script_bugtraq_id(94883, 94885); script_xref(name:"MFSA", value:"2016-94"); script_name(english:"Mozilla Firefox < 50.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)"); script_summary(english:"Checks the version of Firefox."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote macOS or Mac OS X host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "The version of Mozilla Firefox installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 50.1. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities : - Multiple memory corruption issues exists when handling style contexts, regular expressions, and clamped gradients that allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9080) - Multiple memory corruption issues exists, such as when handling document state changes or HTML5 content, or else due to dereferencing already freed memory or improper validation of user-supplied input. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit these to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9893) - A buffer overflow condition exists in SkiaGl, within the GrResourceProvider::createBuffer() function in file gfx/skia/skia/src/gpu/GrResourceProvider.cpp, due to a GrGLBuffer being truncated during allocation. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9894) - A security bypass vulnerability exists due to event handlers for marquee elements being executed despite a Content Security Policy (CSP) that disallowed inline JavaScript. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to impact integrity. (CVE-2016-9895) - A use-after-free error exists within WebVR when handling the navigator object. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to dereference already freed memory, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9896) - A memory corruption issue exists in libGLES when WebGL functions use a vector constructor with a varying array within libGLES. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9897) - A use-after-free error exists in Editor, specifically within file editor/libeditor/HTMLEditor.cpp, when handling DOM subtrees. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9898) - A use-after-free error exists in the nsNodeUtils::CloneAndAdopt() function within file dom/base/nsNodeUtils.cpp, while manipulating DOM events and removing audio elements, due to improper handling of failing node adoption. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9899) - A security bypass vulnerability exists in the nsDataDocumentContentPolicy::ShouldLoad() function within file dom/base/nsDataDocumentContentPolicy.cpp that allows external resources to be inappropriately loaded by SVG images by utilizing 'data:' URLs. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to disclose sensitive cross-domain information. (CVE-2016-9900) - A flaw exists due to improper sanitization of HTML tags received from the Pocket server. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to run JavaScript code in the about:pocket-saved (unprivileged) page, giving it access to Pocket's messaging API through HTML injection. (CVE-2016-9901) - A flaw exists in the Pocket toolbar button, specifically in browser/extensions/pocket/content/main.js, due to improper verification of the origin of events fired from its own pages. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to inject content and commands from other origins into the Pocket context. Note that this issue does not affect users with e10s enabled. (CVE-2016-9902) - A universal cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the Add-ons SDK, specifically within files addon-sdk/source/lib/sdk/ui/frame/view.html and addon-sdk/source/lib/sdk/ui/frame/view.js, due to improper validation of input before returning it to users. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted request, to execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser session. (CVE-2016-9903) - An information disclosure vulnerability exists that allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to determine whether an atom is used by another compartment or zone in specific contexts, by utilizing a JavaScript Map/Set timing attack. (CVE-2016-9904)"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 50.1 or later."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2016-9901"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/10/21"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/12/13"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/12/15"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_family(english:"MacOS X Local Security Checks"); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_dependencies("macosx_firefox_installed.nasl"); script_require_keys("MacOSX/Firefox/Installed"); exit(0); } include("mozilla_version.inc"); kb_base = "MacOSX/Firefox"; get_kb_item_or_exit(kb_base+"/Installed"); version = get_kb_item_or_exit(kb_base+"/Version", exit_code:1); path = get_kb_item_or_exit(kb_base+"/Path", exit_code:1); if (get_kb_item(kb_base + '/is_esr')) exit(0, 'The Mozilla Firefox installation is in the ESR branch.'); mozilla_check_version(product:'firefox', version:version, path:path, esr:FALSE, fix:'50.1', severity:SECURITY_HOLE);
NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-3155-1.NASL description Multiple security vulnerabilities were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9080, CVE-2016-9893, CVE-2016-9894, CVE-2016-9895, CVE-2016-9896, CVE-2016-9897, CVE-2016-9898, CVE-2016-9899, CVE-2016-9900, CVE-2016-9901, CVE-2016-9902, CVE-2016-9903, CVE-2016-9904). 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 seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 95807 published 2016-12-14 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2016-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/95807 title Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 16.10 : firefox vulnerabilities (USN-3155-1) NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_512C0FFDCD394DA4B2DC81FF4BA8E238.NASL description Mozilla Foundation reports : CVE-2016-9894: Buffer overflow in SkiaGL CVE-2016-9899: Use-after-free while manipulating DOM events and audio elements CVE-2016-9895: CSP bypass using marquee tag CVE-2016-9896: Use-after-free with WebVR CVE-2016-9897: Memory corruption in libGLES CVE-2016-9898: Use-after-free in Editor while manipulating DOM subtrees CVE-2016-9900: Restricted external resources can be loaded by SVG images through data URLs CVE-2016-9904: Cross-origin information leak in shared atoms CVE-2016-9901: Data from Pocket server improperly sanitized before execution CVE-2016-9902: Pocket extension does not validate the origin of events CVE-2016-9903: XSS injection vulnerability in add-ons SDK CVE-2016-9080: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 50.1 CVE-2016-9893: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 50.1 and Firefox ESR 45.6 last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 95814 published 2016-12-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/95814 title FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (512c0ffd-cd39-4da4-b2dc-81ff4ba8e238) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2016-1534.NASL description This update to MozillaFirefox 50.1.0 fixes the following vulnerabilities : - CVE-2016-9894: Buffer overflow in SkiaGL - CVE-2016-9899: Use-after-free while manipulating DOM events and audio elements - CVE-2016-9895: CSP bypass using marquee tag - CVE-2016-9896: Use-after-free with WebVR - CVE-2016-9897: Memory corruption in libGLES - CVE-2016-9898: Use-after-free in Editor while manipulating DOM subtrees - CVE-2016-9900: Restricted external resources can be loaded by SVG images through data URLs - CVE-2016-9904: Cross-origin information leak in shared atoms - CVE-2016-9901: Data from Pocket server improperly sanitized before execution - CVE-2016-9902: Pocket extension does not validate the origin of events - CVE-2016-9903: XSS injection vulnerability in add-ons SDK - CVE-2016-9080: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 50.1 - CVE-2016-9893: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 50.1 and Firefox ESR 45.6 The following bugs were fixed : - boo#1011922: fix crash after a few seconds of usage on AArch64 last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2017-01-03 plugin id 96248 published 2017-01-03 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/96248 title openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox (openSUSE-2016-1534) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2016-1490.NASL description This update to MozillaFirefox 50.1.0 fixes the following vulnerabilities : - CVE-2016-9894: Buffer overflow in SkiaGL - CVE-2016-9899: Use-after-free while manipulating DOM events and audio elements - CVE-2016-9895: CSP bypass using marquee tag - CVE-2016-9896: Use-after-free with WebVR - CVE-2016-9897: Memory corruption in libGLES - CVE-2016-9898: Use-after-free in Editor while manipulating DOM subtrees - CVE-2016-9900: Restricted external resources can be loaded by SVG images through data URLs - CVE-2016-9904: Cross-origin information leak in shared atoms - CVE-2016-9901: Data from Pocket server improperly sanitized before execution - CVE-2016-9902: Pocket extension does not validate the origin of events - CVE-2016-9903: XSS injection vulnerability in add-ons SDK - CVE-2016-9080: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 50.1 - CVE-2016-9893: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 50.1 and Firefox ESR 45.6 The following bugs were fixed : - boo#1011922: fix crash after a few seconds of usage on AArch64 last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2016-12-20 plugin id 96030 published 2016-12-20 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/96030 title openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox (openSUSE-2016-1490) NASL family Windows NASL id MOZILLA_FIREFOX_50_1.NASL description The version of Mozilla Firefox installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 50.1. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities : - Multiple memory corruption issues exists when handling style contexts, regular expressions, and clamped gradients that allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9080) - Multiple memory corruption issues exists, such as when handling document state changes or HTML5 content, or else due to dereferencing already freed memory or improper validation of user-supplied input. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit these to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9893) - A buffer overflow condition exists in SkiaGl, within the GrResourceProvider::createBuffer() function in file gfx/skia/skia/src/gpu/GrResourceProvider.cpp, due to a GrGLBuffer being truncated during allocation. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9894) - A security bypass vulnerability exists due to event handlers for marquee elements being executed despite a Content Security Policy (CSP) that disallowed inline JavaScript. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to impact integrity. (CVE-2016-9895) - A use-after-free error exists within WebVR when handling the navigator object. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to dereference already freed memory, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9896) - A memory corruption issue exists in libGLES when WebGL functions use a vector constructor with a varying array within libGLES. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9897) - A use-after-free error exists in Editor, specifically within file editor/libeditor/HTMLEditor.cpp, when handling DOM subtrees. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9898) - A use-after-free error exists in the nsNodeUtils::CloneAndAdopt() function within file dom/base/nsNodeUtils.cpp, while manipulating DOM events and removing audio elements, due to improper handling of failing node adoption. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9899) - A security bypass vulnerability exists in the nsDataDocumentContentPolicy::ShouldLoad() function within file dom/base/nsDataDocumentContentPolicy.cpp that allows external resources to be inappropriately loaded by SVG images by utilizing last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 95886 published 2016-12-15 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/95886 title Mozilla Firefox < 50.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities