CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox / xulrunner (CESA-2013:0144) - Nessus

Critical Plugin ID: 63431

This page contains detailed information about the CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox / xulrunner (CESA-2013:0144) Nessus plugin including available exploits and PoCs found on GitHub, in Metasploit or Exploit-DB for verifying of this vulnerability.

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Plugin Overview
Vulnerability Information

Synopsis
Description
Solution

Public Exploits
Risk Information
Plugin Source
How to Run
References
Version

Plugin Overview

ID: 63431
Name: CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox / xulrunner (CESA-2013:0144)
Filename: centos_RHSA-2013-0144.nasl
Vulnerability Published: 2013-01-13
This Plugin Published: 2013-01-09
Last Modification Time: 2021-01-04
Plugin Version: 1.27
Plugin Type: local
Plugin Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl
Required KB Items [?]: Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Vulnerability Information

Severity: Critical
Vulnerability Published: 2013-01-13
Patch Published: 2013-01-10
CVE [?]: CVE-2013-0744, CVE-2013-0746, CVE-2013-0748, CVE-2013-0750, CVE-2013-0753, CVE-2013-0754, CVE-2013-0758, CVE-2013-0759, CVE-2013-0762, CVE-2013-0766, CVE-2013-0767, CVE-2013-0769
CPE [?]: cpe:/o:centos:centos:5, cpe:/o:centos:centos:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:firefox, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xulrunner, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xulrunner-devel
Exploited by Malware: True

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated firefox packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser. XULRunner provides the XUL Runtime environment for Mozilla Firefox.

Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Firefox to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Firefox. (CVE-2013-0744, CVE-2013-0746, CVE-2013-0750, CVE-2013-0753, CVE-2013-0754, CVE-2013-0762, CVE-2013-0766, CVE-2013-0767, CVE-2013-0769)

A flaw was found in the way Chrome Object Wrappers were implemented. Malicious content could be used to cause Firefox to execute arbitrary code via plug-ins installed in Firefox. (CVE-2013-0758)

A flaw in the way Firefox displayed URL values in the address bar could allow a malicious site or user to perform a phishing attack. (CVE-2013-0759)

An information disclosure flaw was found in the way certain JavaScript functions were implemented in Firefox. An attacker could use this flaw to bypass Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) and other security restrictions. (CVE-2013-0748)

For technical details regarding these flaws, refer to the Mozilla security advisories for Firefox 10.0.12 ESR. You can find a link to the Mozilla advisories in the References section of this erratum.

Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges Atte Kettunen, Boris Zbarsky, pa_kt, regenrecht, Abhishek Arya, Christoph Diehl, Christian Holler, Mats Palmgren, Chiaki Ishikawa, Mariusz Mlynski, Masato Kinugawa, and Jesse Ruderman as the original reporters of these issues.

All Firefox users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Firefox version 10.0.12 ESR, which corrects these issues. After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected firefox and / or xulrunner packages.

Public Exploits

Target Network Port(s): N/A
Target Asset(s): N/A
Exploit Available: True (Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB, GitHub, Core Impact)
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Here's the list of publicly known exploits and PoCs for verifying the CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox / xulrunner (CESA-2013:0144) vulnerability:

Metasploit: exploit/multi/browser/firefox_svg_plugin
[Firefox 17.0.1 Flash Privileged Code Injection]
Metasploit: exploit/windows/browser/mozilla_firefox_xmlserializer
[Firefox XMLSerializer Use After Free]
Exploit-DB: exploits/multiple/local/41683.rb
[EDB-41683: Mozilla Firefox < 17.0.1 - Flash Privileged Code Injection (Metasploit)]
Exploit-DB: exploits/windows/remote/27940.rb
[EDB-27940: Mozilla Firefox - XMLSerializer Use-After-Free (Metasploit)]
GitHub: https://github.com/evearias/ciberseguridad-Parcial
[CVE-2013-0758]

Before running any exploit against any system, make sure you are authorized by the owner of the target system(s) to perform such activity. In any other case, this would be considered as an illegal activity.

WARNING: Beware of using unverified exploits from sources such as GitHub or Exploit-DB. These exploits and PoCs could contain malware. For more information, see how to use exploits safely.

Risk Information

CVSS Score Source [?]: CVE-2013-0750
CVSS V2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:H/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS Base Score:	10.0 (High)
Impact Subscore:	10.0
Exploitability Subscore:	10.0
CVSS Temporal Score:	8.7 (High)
CVSS Environmental Score:	NA (None)
Modified Impact Subscore:	NA
Overall CVSS Score:	8.7 (High)

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Plugin Source

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2013:0144 and 
# CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2013:0144 respectively.
#

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

if (description)
{
  script_id(63431);
  script_version("1.27");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2013-0744", "CVE-2013-0746", "CVE-2013-0748", "CVE-2013-0750", "CVE-2013-0753", "CVE-2013-0754", "CVE-2013-0758", "CVE-2013-0759", "CVE-2013-0762", "CVE-2013-0766", "CVE-2013-0767", "CVE-2013-0769");
  script_bugtraq_id(57185);
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2013:0144");

  script_name(english:"CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox / xulrunner (CESA-2013:0144)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Updated firefox packages that fix several security issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having
critical security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)
base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for
each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser. XULRunner provides the
XUL Runtime environment for Mozilla Firefox.

Several flaws were found in the processing of malformed web content. A
web page containing malicious content could cause Firefox to crash or,
potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user
running Firefox. (CVE-2013-0744, CVE-2013-0746, CVE-2013-0750,
CVE-2013-0753, CVE-2013-0754, CVE-2013-0762, CVE-2013-0766,
CVE-2013-0767, CVE-2013-0769)

A flaw was found in the way Chrome Object Wrappers were implemented.
Malicious content could be used to cause Firefox to execute arbitrary
code via plug-ins installed in Firefox. (CVE-2013-0758)

A flaw in the way Firefox displayed URL values in the address bar
could allow a malicious site or user to perform a phishing attack.
(CVE-2013-0759)

An information disclosure flaw was found in the way certain JavaScript
functions were implemented in Firefox. An attacker could use this flaw
to bypass Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) and other security
restrictions. (CVE-2013-0748)

For technical details regarding these flaws, refer to the Mozilla
security advisories for Firefox 10.0.12 ESR. You can find a link to
the Mozilla advisories in the References section of this erratum.

Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting these
issues. Upstream acknowledges Atte Kettunen, Boris Zbarsky, pa_kt,
regenrecht, Abhishek Arya, Christoph Diehl, Christian Holler, Mats
Palmgren, Chiaki Ishikawa, Mariusz Mlynski, Masato Kinugawa, and Jesse
Ruderman as the original reporters of these issues.

All Firefox users should upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain Firefox version 10.0.12 ESR, which corrects these issues.
After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes
to take effect."
  );
  # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2013-January/019048.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?cf178259"
  );
  # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2013-January/019050.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?056061f2"
  );
  # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2013-January/019199.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?3076771a"
  );
  # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2013-January/019200.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?d863b80f"
  );
  # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-cr-announce/2013-January/000461.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?ea172ff2"
  );
  # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-cr-announce/2013-January/000464.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?1b83b489"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected firefox and / or xulrunner packages."
  );
  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:H/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2013-0750");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'Firefox 17.0.1 Flash Privileged Code Injection');
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:firefox");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xulrunner");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:xulrunner-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:6");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2013/01/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2013/01/10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/01/09");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"CentOS Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/CentOS/release", "Host/CentOS/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/CentOS/release");
if (isnull(release) || "CentOS" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "CentOS(?: Linux)? release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "CentOS");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(5|6)([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS 5.x / 6.x", "CentOS " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "CentOS", cpu);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-5", reference:"firefox-10.0.12-1.el5.centos", allowmaj:TRUE)) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-5", reference:"xulrunner-10.0.12-1.el5_9", allowmaj:TRUE)) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-5", reference:"xulrunner-devel-10.0.12-1.el5_9", allowmaj:TRUE)) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-6", reference:"firefox-10.0.12-1.el6.centos", allowmaj:TRUE)) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-6", reference:"xulrunner-10.0.12-1.el6.centos", allowmaj:TRUE)) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-6", reference:"xulrunner-devel-10.0.12-1.el6.centos", allowmaj:TRUE)) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  cr_plugin_caveat = '\n' +
    'NOTE: The security advisory associated with this vulnerability has a\n' +
    'fixed package version that may only be available in the continuous\n' +
    'release (CR) repository for CentOS, until it is present in the next\n' +
    'point release of CentOS.\n\n' +

    'If an equal or higher package level does not exist in the baseline\n' +
    'repository for your major version of CentOS, then updates from the CR\n' +
    'repository will need to be applied in order to address the\n' +
    'vulnerability.\n';
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra      : rpm_report_get() + cr_plugin_caveat
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "firefox / xulrunner / xulrunner-devel");
}

The latest version of this script can be found in these locations depending on your platform:

Linux / Unix:
/opt/nessus/lib/nessus/plugins/centos_RHSA-2013-0144.nasl
Windows:
C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\plugins\centos_RHSA-2013-0144.nasl
Mac OS X:
/Library/Nessus/run/lib/nessus/plugins/centos_RHSA-2013-0144.nasl

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How to Run

Here is how to run the CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox / xulrunner (CESA-2013:0144) as a standalone plugin via the Nessus web user interface (https://localhost:8834/):

Click to start a New Scan.
Select Advanced Scan.
Navigate to the Plugins tab.
On the top right corner click to Disable All plugins.
On the left side table select CentOS Local Security Checks plugin family.
On the right side table select CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox / xulrunner (CESA-2013:0144) plugin ID 63431.
Specify the target on the Settings tab and click to Save the scan.
Run the scan.

Here are a few examples of how to run the plugin in the command line. Note that the examples below demonstrate the usage on the Linux / Unix platform.

Basic usage:

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl centos_RHSA-2013-0144.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with audit trail message on the console:

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -a centos_RHSA-2013-0144.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with trace script execution written to the console (useful for debugging):

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -T - centos_RHSA-2013-0144.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with using a state file for the target and updating it (useful for running multiple plugins on the target):

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -K /tmp/state centos_RHSA-2013-0144.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

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References

BID | SecurityFocus Bugtraq ID:

57185

RHSA | Red Hat Security Advisory:

2013:0144

See also:

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Version

This page has been produced using Nessus Professional 10.1.2 (#68) LINUX, Plugin set 202205072148.
Plugin file centos_RHSA-2013-0144.nasl version 1.27. For more plugins, visit the Nessus Plugin Library.

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CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox / xulrunner (CESA-2013:0144) - Nessus

Plugin Overview

Vulnerability Information

Synopsis

Description

Solution

Public Exploits

Risk Information

Plugin Source

How to Run

References

Version

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