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Mozilla Firefox ESR < 102.15

2023-08-2900:00:00
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mozilla firefox esr
macos
mac os x
vulnerability
mfsa2023-35
ipc
use-after-free
exploit
crash
cve-2023-4573
cve-2023-4574
cve-2023-4575
integer overflow
heap buffer overflow
sandbox escape
.xll add-in
blocklist
memory safety bugs
thunderbird
nessus

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

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

59.6%

The version of Firefox ESR installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 102.15. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2023-35 advisory.

  • When receiving rendering data over IPC <code>mStream</code> could have been destroyed when initialized, which could have led to a use-after-free causing a potentially exploitable crash. (CVE-2023-4573)

  • When creating a callback over IPC for showing the Color Picker window, multiple of the same callbacks could have been created at a time and eventually all simultaneously destroyed as soon as one of the callbacks finished. This could have led to a use-after-free causing a potentially exploitable crash.
    (CVE-2023-4574)

  • When creating a callback over IPC for showing the File Picker window, multiple of the same callbacks could have been created at a time and eventually all simultaneously destroyed as soon as one of the callbacks finished. This could have led to a use-after-free causing a potentially exploitable crash. (CVE-2023-4575)

  • On Windows, an integer overflow could occur in <code>RecordedSourceSurfaceCreation</code> which resulted in a heap buffer overflow potentially leaking sensitive data that could have led to a sandbox escape. This bug only affects Firefox on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected. (CVE-2023-4576)

  • Excel <code>.xll</code> add-in files did not have a blocklist entry in Firefox’s executable blocklist which allowed them to be downloaded without any warning of their potential harm. (CVE-2023-4581)

  • Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 116, Firefox ESR 102.14, Firefox ESR 115.1, Thunderbird 102.14, and Thunderbird 115.1. 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-2023-4584)

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 mfsa2023-35.
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mozilla Foundation.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(180235);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/09/26");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2023-4573",
    "CVE-2023-4574",
    "CVE-2023-4575",
    "CVE-2023-4576",
    "CVE-2023-4581",
    "CVE-2023-4584"
  );
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2023-A-0449-S");

  script_name(english:"Mozilla Firefox ESR < 102.15");

  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 102.15. It is, therefore, affected
by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2023-35 advisory.

  - When receiving rendering data over IPC <code>mStream</code> could have been destroyed when initialized,
    which could have led to a use-after-free causing a potentially exploitable crash. (CVE-2023-4573)

  - When creating a callback over IPC for showing the Color Picker window, multiple of the same callbacks
    could have been created at a time and eventually all simultaneously destroyed as soon as one of the
    callbacks finished. This could have led to a use-after-free causing a potentially exploitable crash.
    (CVE-2023-4574)

  - When creating a callback over IPC for showing the File Picker window, multiple of the same callbacks could
    have been created at a time and eventually all simultaneously destroyed as soon as one of the callbacks
    finished. This could have led to a use-after-free causing a potentially exploitable crash. (CVE-2023-4575)

  - On Windows, an integer overflow could occur in <code>RecordedSourceSurfaceCreation</code> which resulted
    in a heap buffer overflow potentially leaking sensitive data that could have led to a sandbox escape. This
    bug only affects Firefox on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected. (CVE-2023-4576)

  - Excel <code>.xll</code> add-in files did not have a blocklist entry in Firefox's executable blocklist
    which allowed them to be downloaded without any warning of their potential harm. (CVE-2023-4581)

  - Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 116, Firefox ESR 102.14, Firefox ESR 115.1, Thunderbird 102.14, and
    Thunderbird 115.1. 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-2023-4584)

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/mfsa2023-35/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 102.15 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:R/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-2023-4584");

  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:"2023/08/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/08/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/08/29");

  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:'102.15', min:'102.0.0', severity:SECURITY_HOLE);

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

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

59.6%