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Mozilla Firefox ESR < 115.1

2023-08-0100:00:00
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mozilla firefox
esr
macos
mac os x
vulnerabilities
remote host
security advisory
exploit
memory corruption
same-origin policy
sandbox escape
symbolic link
cookies
memory safety
thunderbird
nessus scanner

9.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

52.8%

The version of Firefox ESR installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 115.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2023-31 advisory.

  • Offscreen Canvas did not properly track cross-origin tainting, which could have been used to access image data from another site in violation of same-origin policy. (CVE-2023-4045)

  • In some circumstances, a stale value could have been used for a global variable in WASM JIT analysis. This resulted in incorrect compilation and a potentially exploitable crash in the content process.
    (CVE-2023-4046)

  • A bug in popup notifications delay calculation could have made it possible for an attacker to trick a user into granting permissions. (CVE-2023-4047)

  • An out-of-bounds read could have led to an exploitable crash when parsing HTML with DOMParser in low memory situations. (CVE-2023-4048)

  • Race conditions in reference counting code were found through code inspection. These could have resulted in potentially exploitable use-after-free vulnerabilities. (CVE-2023-4049)

  • In some cases, an untrusted input stream was copied to a stack buffer without checking its size. This resulted in a potentially exploitable crash which could have led to a sandbox escape. (CVE-2023-4050)

  • The Firefox updater created a directory writable by non-privileged users. When uninstalling Firefox, any files in that directory would be recursively deleted with the permissions of the uninstalling user account. This could be combined with creation of a junction (a form of symbolic link) to allow arbitrary file deletion controlled by the non-privileged user. This bug only affects Firefox on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected. (CVE-2023-4052)

  • When opening appref-ms files, Firefox did not warn the user that these files may contain malicious code.
    This bug only affects Firefox on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected. (CVE-2023-4054)

  • When the number of cookies per domain was exceeded in <code>document.cookie</code>, the actual cookie jar sent to the host was no longer consistent with expected cookie jar state. This could have caused requests to be sent with some cookies missing. (CVE-2023-4055)

  • Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 115, Firefox ESR 115.0, Firefox ESR 102.13, Thunderbird 115.0, and Thunderbird 102.13. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-4056)

  • Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 115, Firefox ESR 115.0, and Thunderbird 115.0. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-4057)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
## 
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#                                  
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory mfsa2023-31.
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mozilla Foundation.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(179141);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/09/01");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2023-4045",
    "CVE-2023-4046",
    "CVE-2023-4047",
    "CVE-2023-4048",
    "CVE-2023-4049",
    "CVE-2023-4050",
    "CVE-2023-4052",
    "CVE-2023-4054",
    "CVE-2023-4055",
    "CVE-2023-4056",
    "CVE-2023-4057"
  );
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2023-A-0388-S");

  script_name(english:"Mozilla Firefox ESR < 115.1");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"A web browser installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of Firefox ESR installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 115.1. It is, therefore, affected
by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2023-31 advisory.

  - Offscreen Canvas did not properly track cross-origin tainting, which could have been used to access image
    data from another site in violation of same-origin policy. (CVE-2023-4045)

  - In some circumstances, a stale value could have been used for a global variable in WASM JIT analysis. This
    resulted in incorrect compilation and a potentially exploitable crash in the content process.
    (CVE-2023-4046)

  - A bug in popup notifications delay calculation could have made it possible for an attacker to trick a user
    into granting permissions. (CVE-2023-4047)

  - An out-of-bounds read could have led to an exploitable crash when parsing HTML with DOMParser in low
    memory situations. (CVE-2023-4048)

  - Race conditions in reference counting code were found through code inspection. These could have resulted
    in potentially exploitable use-after-free vulnerabilities. (CVE-2023-4049)

  - In some cases, an untrusted input stream was copied to a stack buffer without checking its size. This
    resulted in a potentially exploitable crash which could have led to a sandbox escape. (CVE-2023-4050)

  - The Firefox updater created a directory writable by non-privileged users. When uninstalling Firefox, any
    files in that directory would be recursively deleted with the permissions of the uninstalling user
    account. This could be combined with creation of a junction (a form of symbolic link) to allow arbitrary
    file deletion controlled by the non-privileged user.  This bug only affects Firefox on Windows. Other
    operating systems are unaffected. (CVE-2023-4052)

  - When opening appref-ms files, Firefox did not warn the user that these files may contain malicious code.
    This bug only affects Firefox on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected. (CVE-2023-4054)

  - When the number of cookies per domain was exceeded in <code>document.cookie</code>, the actual cookie jar
    sent to the host was no longer consistent with expected cookie jar state. This could have caused requests
    to be sent with some cookies missing. (CVE-2023-4055)

  - Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 115, Firefox ESR 115.0, Firefox ESR 102.13, Thunderbird 115.0, and
    Thunderbird 102.13. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with
    enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-4056)

  - Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 115, Firefox ESR 115.0, and Thunderbird 115.0. Some of these bugs
    showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been
    exploited to run arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-4057)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-31/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 115.1 or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-4057");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/08/01");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/08/01");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/08/01");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"MacOS X Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("macosx_firefox_installed.nasl");
  script_require_keys("MacOSX/Firefox/Version");

  exit(0);
}

include('mozilla_version.inc');

var kb_base = 'MacOSX/Firefox';
get_kb_item_or_exit(kb_base+'/Installed');

var version = get_kb_item_or_exit(kb_base+'/Version', exit_code:1);
var path = get_kb_item_or_exit(kb_base+'/Path', exit_code:1);

var is_esr = get_kb_item(kb_base+'/is_esr');
if (isnull(is_esr)) audit(AUDIT_NOT_INST, 'Mozilla Firefox ESR');

mozilla_check_version(version:version, path:path, product:'firefox', esr:TRUE, fix:'115.1', min:'115.0.0', severity:SECURITY_HOLE);
VendorProductVersionCPE
mozillafirefox_esrcpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr

9.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

52.8%