63273 : Mozilla Firefox Authorization Prompt Implementation toolkit/components/passwordmgr/src/nsLoginManagerPrompter.js Concurrent Request Authorization Dialog Spoofing
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2010-03-23

Description

A weakness in toolkit/components/passwordmgr/src/nsLoginManagerPrompter.js can cause the authorization dialogs for concurrent authorization requests to become affixed to the wrong window. This could allow an attacker to spoof the dialog and potentially steal credentials.

Classification

Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Disclosure: Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.6.2 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	3.0.12
		3.0.6
		3.5.3
		3.0.11
		3.0.5
		3.5.2
		3.0.10
		3.0.4
		3.5.1
		3.0.9
		3.0.3
		3.5
		3.0.8
		3.0.1
		3.5.4
		3.0.13
		3.0.2
		3.0.7
		3.5.7
		3.5.6
		3.5.5
		3.0.17
		3.0.16
		3.0.15
		3.0.14
		3.0.7 Beta
		3.6
		3.0
	Thunderbird	3.0
	Thunderbird	3.0.1
	SeaMonkey	2.0
		2.0.1
		2.0.2

References

CVE ID: 2010-0172 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 38918
Secunia Advisory ID: 51766
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201301-01.xml
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-15.html
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=537862

Tools & Filters

	45133

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 4.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2010-03-26 | Disagree?

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