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Mozilla Firefox ESR < 91.1

2021-09-0800:00:00
This script is Copyright (C) 2021-2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
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mozilla firefox esr
version 91.1
remote host
vulnerabilities
mfsa2021-41 advisory
operating system
cve-2021-38492
cve-2021-38495
memory corruption
arbitrary code
nessus
self-reported version

CVSS2

6.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

8.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

AI Score

8.9

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.003

Percentile

70.0%

The version of Firefox ESR installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 91.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2021-41 advisory.

  • When delegating navigations to the operating system, Thunderbird would accept the mk scheme which might allow attackers to launch pages and execute scripts in Internet Explorer in unprivileged mode. This bug only affects Thunderbird for Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected. (CVE-2021-38492)

  • Mozilla developers Tyson Smith, Christian Holler, and Gabriele Svelto reported memory safety bugs present in Thunderbird 78.13.0. 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-2021-38495)

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

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
## 
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#                                  
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory mfsa2021-41.
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mozilla Foundation.
##

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(153106);
  script_version("1.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/12/01");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2021-38492", "CVE-2021-38495");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2021-A-0405");

  script_name(english:"Mozilla Firefox ESR < 91.1");

  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 91.1. It is, therefore, affected
by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2021-41 advisory.

  - When delegating navigations to the operating system, Thunderbird would accept the `mk` scheme which might
    allow attackers to launch pages and execute scripts in Internet Explorer in unprivileged mode. This
    bug only affects Thunderbird for Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected. (CVE-2021-38492)

  - Mozilla developers Tyson Smith, Christian Holler, and Gabriele Svelto reported memory safety bugs present
    in Thunderbird 78.13.0. 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-2021-38495)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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/mfsa2021-41/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 91.1 or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2021-38495");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2021/09/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2021/09/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2021/09/08");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr");
  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) 2021-2023 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:'91.1', min:'91.0.0', severity:SECURITY_WARNING);
VendorProductVersionCPE
mozillafirefox_esrcpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr

CVSS2

6.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

8.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

AI Score

8.9

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.003

Percentile

70.0%