Mozilla Firefox Command-line URL Processing Bug Lets Remote Users Open Tabs and Execute Arbitrary Code
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1020500
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1020500
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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-2933
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Jul 16 2008
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Impact: Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via network
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Fix Available: Yes
Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Advisory: Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory
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Version(s): 2.0.0.15 and prior versions; 3.0
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Description: A vulnerability was reported in Mozilla Firefox. A remote user can cause arbitrary code to be executed on the target user's system.
Another application that can invoke Firefox (while Firefox is not already running) can pass a specially crafted command-line URI
containing pipe symbols to cause Firefox to open multiple tabs.
This can be exploited to access files on the target user's system
or, in combination with an input validation vulnerability in an XUL-based error page, to execute arbitrary code on the target user's
system.
Billy Rios reported this vulnerability. Ben Turner and Dan Veditz reported the XUL error page input validation vulnerability.
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Impact: A remote user can execute arbitrary code on the target user's system.
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Solution: The vendor has issued a fix (2.0.0.16, 3.0.1).
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-35.html
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Vendor URL: www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-35.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause: Access control error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:52:55 -0400
Subject: Mozilla Firefox
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http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-35.html
CVE-2008-2933
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