7595 : Mozilla Browsers shell: URI Arbitrary Command Execution
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
3	699	over 7 years ago	over 2 years ago	3 times	90%

Timeline

Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2004-07-08	2004-07-08

Description

Multiple Mozilla based web browsers contain a flaw that may allow a remote attacker to launch a program from a known location. The issue is triggered when rendering specially-crafted web page using the "shell:" command. This requires the attacker to trick a user into visiting the web page.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified, Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla 1.7.1 or higher, Firefox 0.9.2 and Thunderbird 0.7.2 or higher as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. It is also possible to correct the flaw by implementing the patch provided in the external references.

Products

Mozilla Organization	Firefox for Windows	0.1.x
		0.2.x
		0.3.x
		0.4.x
		0.5.x
	Firefox for Windows	0.6.x
		0.7.x
		0.8.x
		0.9.1
		0.9.0
	Thunderbird for Windows	0.1.x
		0.2.x
		0.3.x
		0.4.x
		0.0.x
	Thunderbird for Windows	0.5.x
		0.6.x
		0.7.1
		0.7.0
	Mozilla Web Browser for Windows	0.x
		1.0.x
		1.1.x
		1.2.x
		1.3.x
	Mozilla Web Browser for Windows	1.4.X
		1.5.x
		1.6.x
		1.7.0

References

Security Tracker: 1010669
Secunia Advisory ID: 12027
ISS X-Force ID: 16655
CVE ID: 2004-0648 (see also: NVD)
SCIP VulDB ID: 748
CERT VU: 927014
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-07/0085.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-07/0311.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-07/0376.html
Vendor URL: http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/
http://www.mozilla.org/
http://www.netscape.com/
Other Advisory URL: http://www.mozilla.org/security/shell.html
Generic Informational URL: http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0712microprodu.html
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=250180

Tools & Filters

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Credit

Joshua Perrymon -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 10.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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