Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey UniversalBrowserRead privilege escalation
| mozilla-universalbrowserread-escalation (27990) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information or execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by insecure permissions on scripts with UniversalBrowserRead privileges. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a malicious script in a specially-crafted Web page to gain UniversalXPConnect privileges on a victim's system by persuading a victim to visit the malicious Web page.
Platforms Affected:
- Canonical, Ubuntu 5.04
- Canonical, Ubuntu 5.10
- Canonical, Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Debian, Debian Linux 3.1
- Gentoo, Linux
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2006 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2006
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5 Beta2
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5 Beta1
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5.0.1
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5.0.2
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5.0.3
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5.0.4
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.0 Dev
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.0 Alpha
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.0
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.0 Beta
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.0.1
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.0.2
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.5
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.5.0.1
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.5.0.2
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.5.0.3
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 1.5.0.4
- Novell, Linux Desktop 9
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 Desktop
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 ES
- RedHat, Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 Itanium
- SuSE, SLE SDK 10
- SuSE, SuSE Linux 10.0
- SuSE, SuSE Linux 10.1
- SuSE, SuSE Linux 9.2
- SuSE, SuSE Linux 9.3
- SuSE, SuSE SLES 10
Remedy:
Refer to Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2006-53 for upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Red Hat Linux 2.1(Seamonkey):
Refer to RHSA-2006:0594-9 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Red Hat Linux 3 (Seamonkey):
Refer to RHSA-2006:0608-6 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Red Hat Linux 4 (Seamonkey):
Refer to RHSA-2006:0609-9 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Red Hat Linux 4 (Thunderbird):
Refer to RHSA-2006:0611-3 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Red Hat Linux 4 (Firefox):
Refer to RHSA-2006:0610-4 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Gentoo Linux (Thunderbird):
Refer to Gentoo Linux Security Announcement GLSA 200608-04 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Gentoo Linux (Firefox):
Refer to Gentoo Linux Security Announcement GLSA 200608-03 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Gentoo Linux (Seamonkey):
Refer to Gentoo Linux Security Announcement GLSA 200608-02 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Debian GNU/Linux (Firefox):
Refer to DSA-1161-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Debian GNU/Linux (Mozilla):
Refer to DSA-1160-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Debian GNU/Linux (Thunderbird):
Refer to DSA-1159-1 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For SUSE Linux:
Refer to SUSE-SA:2006:048 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
References:
- MFSA 2006-53, UniversalBrowserRead privilege escalation at http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-53.html.
- US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA06-208A, Mozilla Products Contain Multiple Vulnerabilities at http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-208A.html.
- ASA-2006-149: seamonkey security update (RHSA-2006-0608)
- ASA-2006-151: firefox seamonkey and thunderbird security update (RHSA-2006-0609 RHSA-2006-0610 and RHSA-2006-0611)
- ASA-2006-208: seamonkey security update (was mozilla) (RHSA-2006-0594)
- ASA-2006-259: HP-UX Firefox Vulnerabilities
- ASA-2007-097: HP-UX Running Firefox Remote Unauthorized Access or Elevation of Privileges or Denial of Service (DoS) (HPSBUX02153)
- ASA-2007-135: HP-UX Running Thunderbird Remote Unauthorized Access or Elevation of Privileges or Denial of Service (HPSBUX02156)
- BID-19181: Mozilla Multiple Products Remote Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-3809: Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.5, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.5, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.3 allows scripts with the UniversalBrowserRead privilege to gain UniversalXPConnect privileges and possibly execute code or obtain sensitive data by reading into a privileged context.
- DSA-1159: mozilla-thunderbird -- several vulnerabilities
- DSA-1160: mozilla -- several vulnerabilities
- DSA-1161: mozilla-firefox -- several vulnerabilities
- FrSIRT/ADV-2006-2998: Mozilla Products Multiple Remote Command Execution and Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- FrSIRT/ADV-2006-3748: HP-UX Security Update Fixes Mozilla Firefox Command Execution Vulnerabilities
- FrSIRT/ADV-2006-3749: HP-UX Security Update Fixes Mozilla Thunderbird Code Execution Vulnerabilities
- FrSIRT/ADV-2008-0083: HP-UX Security Update Fixes Firefox Command Execution Vulnerabilities
- GLSA-200507-24: Mozilla Suite: Multiple vulnerabilities
- GLSA-200608-02: Mozilla SeaMonkey: Multiple vulnerabilities
- GLSA-200608-03: Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities
- GLSA-200608-04: Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities
- MDKSA-2006:143: Updated Firefox packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
- MDKSA-2006:143-1: Updated Firefox packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
- MDKSA-2006:145: Updated Firefox packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
- MDKSA-2006:146: Updated Thunderbird packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
- RHSA-2006-0594: seamonkey security update (was mozilla)
- RHSA-2006-0608: seamonkey security update
- RHSA-2006-0609: seamonkey security update
- RHSA-2006-0610: firefox security update
- RHSA-2006-0611: thunderbird security update
- SA19873: Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA21228: Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA21229: Mozilla SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1016586: Mozilla Firefox Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- SECTRACK ID: 1016587: Mozilla Seamonkey Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- SECTRACK ID: 1016588: Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- SUSE-SA:2006:048: Mozilla Firefox Thunderbird and Seamonkey security problems
- USN-327-1: Firefox vulnerabilities
- USN-327-2: Firefox regression
- USN-329-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
- USN-350-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
- USN-354-1: Firefox vulnerabilities
- USN-361-1: Mozilla vulnerabilities
Reported:
Jul 26, 2006
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