16432 : Mozilla Firefox Content-Type Header "Save to Disk" File Extension Spoofing
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2005-05-12

Description

Mozilla Firefox contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to spoof file types in the file download dialog. The issue is triggered when saving a file to disk with "Save to Disk" option and the "Content-Type" header has been carefully modified. It is possible that the flaw may allow malicious files to be saved to the download directory, which by default is the desktop.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.0.1 or higher, as it has been reported to partially fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Mozilla Organization

Firefox

1.0

References

Security Tracker: 1013966
Secunia Advisory ID: 12979
Related OSVDB ID: 16431
CVE ID: 2005-1576 (see also: NVD)
Other Advisory URL: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2004-11/advisory/
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=267123
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=275441

Credit

Secunia Security Advisories - sec-advsecunia.com - Secunia

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 2.6
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-06-02 | Disagree?

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