Info

Disclosure

Feb 25, 2005

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Feb 25, 2005

Solution

Unknown

Description

Firefox contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to execute arbitrary code. The issue is triggered when downloading a malformed HTML document that includes Firefox XPCOM code to perform actions that are triggered by scrollbar actions. It is possible that the flaw may allow writing to an arbitrary local file.

Classification

Location: Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality, Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Available
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

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

Products

Mozilla Organization

Firefox

1.0

References

Security Tracker: 1013301
Secunia Advisory ID: 14160 14737 15180
CVE ID: 2005-0527 (see also: NVD)
Keyword: firescrolling MFSA 2005-27
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-02/0551.html
Other Advisory URL: http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xml
http://www.mikx.de/firescrolling/
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-27.html
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=280664
RedHat RHSA: RHSA-2005:384

Credit

Michael Krax - mikxmikx.de -

Direct URL: http://osvdb.org/36218