Multiple Mozilla products URI percent filtering command execution
| mozilla-uri-percent-command-execution (38323) |  High Risk |
Description:
Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by improper filtering of encoded percent characters in certain Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs), including the mailto, nntp, news, snews, and telnet protocol handlers on Microsoft Windows systems. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web page that calls one of the vulnerable protocol handlers, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject and execute arbitrary shell commands on the system.
Platforms Affected:
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007.1
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007.1 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2008.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2008.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0
- Mozilla, Firefox 2.0
- Mozilla, Firefox 2.0.0.1
- Mozilla, Firefox 2.0.0.2
- Mozilla, Firefox 2.0.0.3
- Mozilla, Firefox 2.0.0.4
- Mozilla, Firefox 2.0.0.5
- Mozilla, Firefox 2.0.0.6
- Mozilla, Firefox 2.0.0.7
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.1.0
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.1.1
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.1.2
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.1.3
- Mozilla, SeaMonkey 1.1.4
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 2.0.0.0
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 2.0.0.1
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 2.0.0.2
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 2.0.0.3
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 2.0.0.4
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 2.0.0.5
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 2.0.0.6
- Mozilla, Thunderbird 2.0.0.7
- Novell, Linux Desktop 9
- Novell, Linux POS 9
- Novell, Open Enterprise Server
- Novell, Open Enterprise Server
- Novell, OpenSUSE 10.2
- Novell, OpenSUSE 10.3
- Novell, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1
- Novell, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1
- Novell, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
- Novell, UnitedLinux 1.0
- SuSE, SuSE Linux Retail Solution 8
- SuSE, SuSE SLES 9
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux 11 Server
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux 11 Server x64 Ed
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux FUJI
- Turbolinux, Turbolinux wizpy
Remedy:
Refer to MFSA 2007-36 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For other distributions:
Apply the appropriate update for your system. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Billy (BK) Rios Blog, Saturday, September 1st, 2007, Firefox File Handling Woes at http://xs-sniper.com/blog/2007/09/01/firefox-file-handling-woes/.
- MFSA 2007-36, URIs with invalid %-encoding mishandled by Windows at http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-36.html.
- BID-25543: Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6 Unspecified Protocol Handling Command Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-4841: Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.8, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a (1) mailto, (2) nntp, (3) news, or (4) snews URI with invalid % encoding, related to improper file type handling on Windows XP with Internet Explorer 7 installed, a variant of CVE-2007-3845.
- FrSIRT/ADV-2007-3544: Mozilla Firefox/SeaMonkey Code Execution and Information Disclosure
- FrSIRT/ADV-2008-0082: HP-UX Security Update Fixes Thunderbird Code Execution Vulnerabilities
- FrSIRT/ADV-2008-0083: HP-UX Security Update Fixes Firefox Command Execution Vulnerabilities
- MDKSA-2007:202: Updated Firefox packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
- SA27311: Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA27315: Mozilla SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA27333: Warpzilla Enhanced Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA27360: Netscape Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SUSE-SA:2007:057: Mozilla Security Update
Reported:
Sep 01, 2007
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