Firefox URL Spoofing And Phising Vulnerability (Linux)

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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: secpod_firefox_url_spoof_vuln_lin.nasl 5055 2017-01-20 14:08:39Z teissa $
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# Firefox URL Spoofing And Phising Vulnerability (Linux)
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# Authors:
# Nikita MR <[email protected]>
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# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2009 SecPod, http://www.secpod.com
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tag_impact = "Successful remote exploitation will let the attacker spoof the URL
  information by using homoglyphs of say the /(slash) and ?(question mark)and
  can gain sensitive information by redirecting the user to any malicious URL.
  Impact Level: Application";
tag_affected = "Mozilla Firefox version 3.0.6 and prior on Linux.";
tag_insight = "Firefox doesn't properly prevent the literal rendering of homoglyph
  characters in IDN domain names. This renders the user vulnerable to URL
  spoofing and phising attacks as the atatcker may redirect the user to a
  different arbitrary malformed website.";
tag_solution = "Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 3.6.3 or later
  For updates refer to http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/";
tag_summary = "The host is installed with Mozilla Firefox browser and is prone
  to URL spoofing and phising vulnerability.";

if(description)
{
  script_id(900512);
  script_version("$Revision: 5055 $");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-01-20 15:08:39 +0100 (Fri, 20 Jan 2017) $");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-02-26 05:27:20 +0100 (Thu, 26 Feb 2009)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2009-0652");
  script_bugtraq_id(33837);
  script_name("Firefox URL Spoofing And Phising Vulnerability (Linux)");


  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 SecPod");
  script_family("General");
  script_dependencies("gb_firefox_detect_lin.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Firefox/Linux/Ver");
  script_tag(name : "impact" , value : tag_impact);
  script_tag(name : "affected" , value : tag_affected);
  script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
  script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
  script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/tld-idn-policy-list.html");
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-dc-09/bh-dc-09-speakers.html#Marlinspike");
  exit(0);
}


include("version_func.inc");

firefoxVer = get_kb_item("Firefox/Linux/Ver");
if(!firefoxVer){
  exit(0);
}

if(version_is_less_equal(version:firefoxVer, test_version:"3.0.6")){
  security_message(0);
}