Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.04 : firefox vulnerabilities (USN-1924-1) - Nessus

Critical Plugin ID: 69234

This page contains detailed information about the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.04 : firefox vulnerabilities (USN-1924-1) 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: 69234
Name: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.04 : firefox vulnerabilities (USN-1924-1)
Filename: ubuntu_USN-1924-1.nasl
Vulnerability Published: 2013-08-06
This Plugin Published: 2013-08-07
Last Modification Time: 2019-09-19
Plugin Version: 1.17
Plugin Type: local
Plugin Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl
Required KB Items [?]: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Vulnerability Information

Severity: Critical
Vulnerability Published: 2013-08-06
Patch Published: 2013-08-06
CVE [?]: CVE-2013-1701, CVE-2013-1702, CVE-2013-1704, CVE-2013-1705, CVE-2013-1708, CVE-2013-1709, CVE-2013-1710, CVE-2013-1711, CVE-2013-1713, CVE-2013-1714, CVE-2013-1717
CPE [?]: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:firefox
Exploited by Malware: True

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

Jeff Gilbert, Henrik Skupin, Ben Turner, Christian Holler, Andrew McCreight, Gary Kwong, Jan Varga and Jesse Ruderman discovered multiple memory safety issues in Firefox. If the user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted page, an attacker could possibly exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or potentially execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2013-1701, CVE-2013-1702)

A use-after-free bug was discovered when the DOM is modified during a SetBody mutation event. If the user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted page, an attacker could potentially exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2013-1704)

A use-after-free bug was discovered when generating a CRMF request with certain parameters. If the user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted page, an attacker could potentially exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2013-1705)

Aki Helin discovered a crash when decoding a WAV file in some circumstances. An attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2013-1708)

It was discovered that a document's URI could be set to the URI of a different document. An attacker could potentially exploit this to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. (CVE-2013-1709)

A flaw was discovered when generating a CRMF request in certain circumstances. An attacker could potentially exploit this to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2013-1710)

Bobby Holley discovered that XBL scopes could be used to circumvent XrayWrappers in certain circumstances. An attacked could potentially exploit this to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks or cause undefined behaviour. (CVE-2013-1711)

Cody Crews discovered that some JavaScript components performed security checks against the wrong URI, potentially bypassing same-origin policy restrictions. An attacker could exploit this to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks or install addons from a malicious site. (CVE-2013-1713)

Federico Lanusse discovered that web workers could bypass cross-origin checks when using XMLHttpRequest. An attacker could potentially exploit this to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. (CVE-2013-1714)

Georgi Guninski and John Schoenick discovered that Java applets could access local files under certain circumstances. An attacker could potentially exploit this to steal confidential data. (CVE-2013-1717).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected firefox package.

Public Exploits

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

Here's the list of publicly known exploits and PoCs for verifying the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.04 : firefox vulnerabilities (USN-1924-1) vulnerability:

Metasploit: exploit/multi/browser/firefox_tostring_console_injection
[Firefox toString console.time Privileged Javascript Injection]
Metasploit: exploit/multi/browser/firefox_proto_crmfrequest
[Firefox 5.0 - 15.0.1 exposedProps XCS Code Execution]
Exploit-DB: exploits/multiple/local/30474.rb
[EDB-30474: Mozilla Firefox 5.0 < 15.0.1 - __exposedProps__ XCS Code Execution (Metasploit)]
Exploit-DB: exploits/multiple/remote/34363.rb
[EDB-34363: Mozilla Firefox - toString console.time Privileged JavaScript Injection (Metasploit)]

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 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

This is the ubuntu_USN-1924-1.nasl nessus plugin source code. Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2013-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1924-1. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See 
# <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered 
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(69234);
  script_version("1.17");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/09/19 12:54:29");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2013-1701", "CVE-2013-1702", "CVE-2013-1704", "CVE-2013-1705", "CVE-2013-1708", "CVE-2013-1709", "CVE-2013-1710", "CVE-2013-1711", "CVE-2013-1713", "CVE-2013-1714", "CVE-2013-1717");
  script_bugtraq_id(61641);
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"1924-1");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.04 : firefox vulnerabilities (USN-1924-1)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for updated package.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Jeff Gilbert, Henrik Skupin, Ben Turner, Christian Holler, Andrew
McCreight, Gary Kwong, Jan Varga and Jesse Ruderman discovered
multiple memory safety issues in Firefox. If the user were tricked in
to opening a specially crafted page, an attacker could possibly
exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or
potentially execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user
invoking Firefox. (CVE-2013-1701, CVE-2013-1702)

A use-after-free bug was discovered when the DOM is modified during a
SetBody mutation event. If the user were tricked in to opening a
specially crafted page, an attacker could potentially exploit this to
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking
Firefox. (CVE-2013-1704)

A use-after-free bug was discovered when generating a CRMF request
with certain parameters. If the user were tricked in to opening a
specially crafted page, an attacker could potentially exploit this to
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking
Firefox. (CVE-2013-1705)

Aki Helin discovered a crash when decoding a WAV file in some
circumstances. An attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a
denial of service. (CVE-2013-1708)

It was discovered that a document's URI could be set to the URI of a
different document. An attacker could potentially exploit this to
conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. (CVE-2013-1709)

A flaw was discovered when generating a CRMF request in certain
circumstances. An attacker could potentially exploit this to conduct
cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, or execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2013-1710)

Bobby Holley discovered that XBL scopes could be used to circumvent
XrayWrappers in certain circumstances. An attacked could potentially
exploit this to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks or cause
undefined behaviour. (CVE-2013-1711)

Cody Crews discovered that some JavaScript components performed
security checks against the wrong URI, potentially bypassing
same-origin policy restrictions. An attacker could exploit this to
conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks or install addons from a
malicious site. (CVE-2013-1713)

Federico Lanusse discovered that web workers could bypass cross-origin
checks when using XMLHttpRequest. An attacker could potentially
exploit this to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
(CVE-2013-1714)

Georgi Guninski and John Schoenick discovered that Java applets could
access local files under certain circumstances. An attacker could
potentially exploit this to steal confidential data. (CVE-2013-1717).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://usn.ubuntu.com/1924-1/"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected firefox package."
  );
  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:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'Firefox toString console.time Privileged Javascript 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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:firefox");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.04");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2013/08/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2013/08/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/08/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2013-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("ubuntu.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");

if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release");
if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu");
release = chomp(release);
if (! preg(pattern:"^(12\.04|12\.10|13\.04)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 12.04 / 12.10 / 13.04", "Ubuntu " + release);
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) 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, "Ubuntu", cpu);

flag = 0;

if (ubuntu_check(osver:"12.04", pkgname:"firefox", pkgver:"23.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"12.10", pkgname:"firefox", pkgver:"23.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.10.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"13.04", pkgname:"firefox", pkgver:"23.0+build2-0ubuntu0.13.04.1")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra      : ubuntu_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "firefox");
}

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

Linux / Unix:
/opt/nessus/lib/nessus/plugins/ubuntu_USN-1924-1.nasl
Windows:
C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\plugins\ubuntu_USN-1924-1.nasl
Mac OS X:
/Library/Nessus/run/lib/nessus/plugins/ubuntu_USN-1924-1.nasl

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How to Run

Here is how to run the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.04 : firefox vulnerabilities (USN-1924-1) 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 Ubuntu Local Security Checks plugin family.
On the right side table select Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.04 : firefox vulnerabilities (USN-1924-1) plugin ID 69234.
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 ubuntu_USN-1924-1.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with audit trail message on the console:

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -a ubuntu_USN-1924-1.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

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

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -T - ubuntu_USN-1924-1.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 ubuntu_USN-1924-1.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

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References

BID | SecurityFocus Bugtraq ID:

61641

USN | Ubuntu Security Notice:

1924-1

See also:

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69257 - Scientific Linux Security Update : firefox on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20130807)
69258 - Scientific Linux Security Update : thunderbird on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20130807)
69343 - SuSE 11.2 / 11.3 Security Update : Mozilla Firefox (SAT Patch Numbers 8187 / 8191)
69344 - SuSE 11.2 / 11.3 Security Update : Mozilla Firefox (SAT Patch Numbers 8187 / 8191)
69235 - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.04 : ubufox, unity-firefox-extension update (USN-1924-2)
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Version

This page has been produced using Nessus Professional 10.1.2 (#68) LINUX, Plugin set 202205072148.
Plugin file ubuntu_USN-1924-1.nasl version 1.17. For more plugins, visit the Nessus Plugin Library.

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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.04 : firefox vulnerabilities (USN-1924-1) - Nessus

Plugin Overview

Vulnerability Information

Synopsis

Description

Solution

Public Exploits

Risk Information

Plugin Source

How to Run

References

Version

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