Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-12401 - Improper Input Validation vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 5.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
mozilla
canonical
CWE-20
nessus

Summary

Some special resource URIs will cause a non-exploitable crash if loaded with optional parameters following a '?' in the parsed string. This could lead to denial of service (DOS) attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 63.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Mozilla
406
OS
Canonical
4

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.
  • Server Side Include (SSI) Injection
    An attacker can use Server Side Include (SSI) Injection to send code to a web application that then gets executed by the web server. Doing so enables the attacker to achieve similar results to Cross Site Scripting, viz., arbitrary code execution and information disclosure, albeit on a more limited scale, since the SSI directives are nowhere near as powerful as a full-fledged scripting language. Nonetheless, the attacker can conveniently gain access to sensitive files, such as password files, and execute shell commands.
  • Cross Zone Scripting
    An attacker is able to cause a victim to load content into their web-browser that bypasses security zone controls and gain access to increased privileges to execute scripting code or other web objects such as unsigned ActiveX controls or applets. This is a privilege elevation attack targeted at zone-based web-browser security. In a zone-based model, pages belong to one of a set of zones corresponding to the level of privilege assigned to that page. Pages in an untrusted zone would have a lesser level of access to the system and/or be restricted in the types of executable content it was allowed to invoke. In a cross-zone scripting attack, a page that should be assigned to a less privileged zone is granted the privileges of a more trusted zone. This can be accomplished by exploiting bugs in the browser, exploiting incorrect configuration in the zone controls, through a cross-site scripting attack that causes the attackers' content to be treated as coming from a more trusted page, or by leveraging some piece of system functionality that is accessible from both the trusted and less trusted zone. This attack differs from "Restful Privilege Escalation" in that the latter correlates to the inadequate securing of RESTful access methods (such as HTTP DELETE) on the server, while cross-zone scripting attacks the concept of security zones as implemented by a browser.
  • 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.
  • Command Line Execution through SQL Injection
    An attacker uses standard SQL injection methods to inject data into the command line for execution. This could be done directly through misuse of directives such as MSSQL_xp_cmdshell or indirectly through injection of data into the database that would be interpreted as shell commands. Sometime later, an unscrupulous backend application (or could be part of the functionality of the same application) fetches the injected data stored in the database and uses this data as command line arguments without performing proper validation. The malicious data escapes that data plane by spawning new commands to be executed on the host.

Nessus

  • NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
    NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_7C3A02B932734426A0BAF90FAD2FF72E.NASL
    descriptionMozilla Foundation reports : CVE-2018-12391: HTTP Live Stream audio data is accessible cross-origin CVE-2018-12392: Crash with nested event loops CVE-2018-12393: Integer overflow during Unicode conversion while loading JavaScript CVE-2018-12395: WebExtension bypass of domain restrictions through header rewriting CVE-2018-12396: WebExtension content scripts can execute in disallowed contexts CVE-2018-12397 : CVE-2018-12398: CSP bypass through stylesheet injection in resource URIs CVE-2018-12399: Spoofing of protocol registration notification bar CVE-2018-12400: Favicons are cached in private browsing mode on Firefox for Android CVE-2018-12401: DOS attack through special resource URI parsing CVE-2018-12402: SameSite cookies leak when pages are explicitly saved CVE-2018-12403: Mixed content warning is not displayed when HTTPS page loads a favicon over HTTP CVE-2018-12388: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 63 CVE-2018-12390: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 63 and Firefox ESR 60.3
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id118336
    published2018-10-24
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/118336
    titleFreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (7c3a02b9-3273-4426-a0ba-f90fad2ff72e)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database :
    #
    # Copyright 2003-2019 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(118336);
      script_version("1.5");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/07/23 10:11:24");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2018-12388", "CVE-2018-12390", "CVE-2018-12391", "CVE-2018-12392", "CVE-2018-12393", "CVE-2018-12395", "CVE-2018-12396", "CVE-2018-12397", "CVE-2018-12398", "CVE-2018-12399", "CVE-2018-12400", "CVE-2018-12401", "CVE-2018-12402", "CVE-2018-12403");
    
      script_name(english:"FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (7c3a02b9-3273-4426-a0ba-f90fad2ff72e)");
      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:
    "Mozilla Foundation reports :
    
    CVE-2018-12391: HTTP Live Stream audio data is accessible cross-origin
    
    CVE-2018-12392: Crash with nested event loops
    
    CVE-2018-12393: Integer overflow during Unicode conversion while
    loading JavaScript
    
    CVE-2018-12395: WebExtension bypass of domain restrictions through
    header rewriting
    
    CVE-2018-12396: WebExtension content scripts can execute in disallowed
    contexts
    
    CVE-2018-12397 :
    
    CVE-2018-12398: CSP bypass through stylesheet injection in resource
    URIs
    
    CVE-2018-12399: Spoofing of protocol registration notification bar
    
    CVE-2018-12400: Favicons are cached in private browsing mode on
    Firefox for Android
    
    CVE-2018-12401: DOS attack through special resource URI parsing
    
    CVE-2018-12402: SameSite cookies leak when pages are explicitly saved
    
    CVE-2018-12403: Mixed content warning is not displayed when HTTPS page
    loads a favicon over HTTP
    
    CVE-2018-12388: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 63
    
    CVE-2018-12390: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 63 and Firefox ESR
    60.3"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-26/"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-27/"
      );
      # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/7c3a02b9-3273-4426-a0ba-f90fad2ff72e.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?eaa97cd1"
      );
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A: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_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:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:waterfox");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/10/23");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/10/23");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/10/24");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 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<63.0_1,1")) flag++;
    if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"waterfox<56.2.5")) flag++;
    if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"seamonkey<2.53.0")) flag++;
    if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"linux-seamonkey<2.53.0")) flag++;
    if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"firefox-esr<60.3.0,1")) flag++;
    if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"linux-firefox<60.3.0,2")) flag++;
    if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"libxul<60.3.0")) flag++;
    if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"thunderbird<60.3.0")) flag++;
    if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"linux-thunderbird<60.3.0")) 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 familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-3801-2.NASL
    descriptionUSN-3801-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. The update introduced various minor regressions. This update fixes the problems. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details : Multiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, bypass CSP restrictions, spoof the protocol registration notification bar, leak SameSite cookies, bypass mixed content warnings, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-12388, CVE-2018-12390, CVE-2018-12392, CVE-2018-12393, CVE-2018-12398, CVE-2018-12399, CVE-2018-12401, CVE-2018-12402, CVE-2018-12403) Multiple security issues were discovered with WebExtensions in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to installing a specially crafted extension, an attacker could potentially exploit these to bypass domain restrictions, gain additional privileges, or run content scripts in local pages without permission. (CVE-2018-12395, CVE-2018-12396, CVE-2018-12397). 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 seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id119146
    published2018-11-26
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2018-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/119146
    titleUbuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 18.10 : firefox regressions (USN-3801-2)
  • NASL familyWindows
    NASL idMOZILLA_FIREFOX_63_0.NASL
    descriptionThe version of Mozilla Firefox installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 63. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - During HTTP Live Stream playback on Firefox for Android, audio data can be accessed across origins in violation of security policies. Because the problem is in the underlying Android service, this issue is addressed by treating all HLS streams as cross-origin and opaque to access. *Note: this issue only affects Firefox for Android. Desktop versions of Firefox are unaffected.* (CVE-2018-12391) - When manipulating user events in nested loops while opening a document through script, it is possible to trigger a potentially exploitable crash due to poor event handling. (CVE-2018-12392) - A potential vulnerability was found in 32-bit builds where an integer overflow during the conversion of scripts to an internal UTF-16 representation could result in allocating a buffer too small for the conversion. This leads to a possible out-of-bounds write. *Note: 64-bit builds are not vulnerable to this issue.* (CVE-2018-12393) - By rewriting the Host request headers using the webRequest API, a WebExtension can bypass domain restrictions through domain fronting. This would allow access to domains that share a host that are otherwise restricted. (CVE-2018-12395) - A vulnerability where a WebExtension can run content scripts in disallowed contexts following navigation or other events. This allows for potential privilege escalation by the WebExtension on sites where content scripts should not be run. (CVE-2018-12396) - A WebExtension can request access to local files without the warning prompt stating that the extension will
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id118397
    published2018-10-25
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/118397
    titleMozilla Firefox < 63 Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-3801-1.NASL
    descriptionMultiple security issues were discovered in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, bypass CSP restrictions, spoof the protocol registration notification bar, leak SameSite cookies, bypass mixed content warnings, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-12388, CVE-2018-12390, CVE-2018-12392, CVE-2018-12393, CVE-2018-12398, CVE-2018-12399, CVE-2018-12401, CVE-2018-12402, CVE-2018-12403) Multiple security issues were discovered with WebExtensions in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to installing a specially crafted extension, an attacker could potentially exploit these to bypass domain restrictions, gain additional privileges, or run content scripts in local pages without permission. (CVE-2018-12395, CVE-2018-12396, CVE-2018-12397). 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 seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id118393
    published2018-10-25
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2018-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/118393
    titleUbuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 18.10 : firefox vulnerabilities (USN-3801-1)
  • NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
    NASL idMACOSX_FIREFOX_63_0.NASL
    descriptionThe version of Mozilla Firefox installed on the remote macOS host is prior to 63. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - During HTTP Live Stream playback on Firefox for Android, audio data can be accessed across origins in violation of security policies. Because the problem is in the underlying Android service, this issue is addressed by treating all HLS streams as cross-origin and opaque to access. *Note: this issue only affects Firefox for Android. Desktop versions of Firefox are unaffected.* (CVE-2018-12391) - When manipulating user events in nested loops while opening a document through script, it is possible to trigger a potentially exploitable crash due to poor event handling. (CVE-2018-12392) - A potential vulnerability was found in 32-bit builds where an integer overflow during the conversion of scripts to an internal UTF-16 representation could result in allocating a buffer too small for the conversion. This leads to a possible out-of-bounds write. *Note: 64-bit builds are not vulnerable to this issue.* (CVE-2018-12393) - By rewriting the Host request headers using the webRequest API, a WebExtension can bypass domain restrictions through domain fronting. This would allow access to domains that share a host that are otherwise restricted. (CVE-2018-12395) - A vulnerability where a WebExtension can run content scripts in disallowed contexts following navigation or other events. This allows for potential privilege escalation by the WebExtension on sites where content scripts should not be run. (CVE-2018-12396) - A WebExtension can request access to local files without the warning prompt stating that the extension will
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id118396
    published2018-10-25
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/118396
    titleMozilla Firefox < 63 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)