Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.5, when run on Windows, allows remote attackers to bypass file type checks and possibly execute programs via a (1) file:/// or (2) resource: URI with a dangerous extension, followed by a NULL byte (%00) and a safer extension, which causes Firefox to treat the requested file differently than Windows would.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | Microsoft | * | * |
| Firefox | Ubuntu | dapper | * |
| Firefox | Ubuntu | edgy | * |
| Firefox | Ubuntu | feisty | * |
| Iceape | Ubuntu | devel | * |
| Midbrowser | Ubuntu | devel | * |
References
- ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/ChangeLog.txt
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742
- http://osvdb.org/38032
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26072
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26149
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26204
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26216
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26258
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26271
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28135
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103177-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201516-1
- http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/07d098f99c9fe6956523beae37f32fda.html
- http://www.0x000000.com/?i=333
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:152
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-22.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_49_mozilla.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24447
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018413
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-490-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4256
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=383478
- ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/ChangeLog.txt
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742
- http://osvdb.org/38032
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26072
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26149
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26204
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26216
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26258
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26271
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28135
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103177-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201516-1
- http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/07d098f99c9fe6956523beae37f32fda.html
- http://www.0x000000.com/?i=333
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:152
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-22.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_49_mozilla.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24447
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018413
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-490-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4256
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=383478