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Mozilla Firefox < 63 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 700410

Synopsis

The remote host has a web browser installed that is vulnerable to multiple attack vectors.

Description

Versions of Mozilla Firefox prior to 63 are unpatched for the following vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2018-26 advisory:

 - A memory corruption bug exists that may lead to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2018-12388, CVE-2018-12390)
 - 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. (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. (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 'Access your data for all websites' being displayed to the user. This allows extensions to run content scripts in local pages without permission warnings when a local file is opened. (CVE-2018-12397)
 - By using the reflected URL in some special resource URIs, such as chrome:, it is possible to inject stylesheets and bypass Content Security Policy (CSP). (CVE-2018-12398)
 - When a new protocol handler is registered, the API accepts a title argument which can be used to mislead users about which domain is registering the new protocol. This may result in the user approving a protocol handler that they otherwise would not have. (CVE-2018-12399)
 - In private browsing mode on Firefox for Android, favicons are cached in the cache/icons folder as they are in non-private mode. This allows information leakage of sites visited during private browsing sessions. (CVE-2018-12400)
 - 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. (CVE-2018-12401)
 - SameSite cookies are sent on cross-origin requests when the 'Save Page As...' menu item is selected to save a page, violating cookie policy. This can result in saving the wrong version of resources based on those cookies. (CVE-2018-12402)
 - If a site is loaded over a HTTPS connection but loads a favicon resource over HTTP, the mixed content warning is not displayed to users. (CVE-2018-12403)

Solution

Upgrade to Firefox version 63 or later.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-26

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 700410

Family: Web Clients

Published: 2/6/2019

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 118397

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:X/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox

Patch Publication Date: 9/5/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/5/2018

Reference Information

CVE: 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

BID: 105718, 105721