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Mozilla Firefox Firebug Extension Two Cross-Context Scripting Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory: SA24743
Release Date: 2007-04-05
Last Update: 2007-04-12
Popularity: 9,818 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: Cross Site Scripting
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Firebug (Extension for Mozilla Firefox) 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-1878
CVE-2007-1947


Description:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in the Firebug extension for Mozilla Firefox, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

1) Input passed to the "console.log()" function is not properly sanitised and can be exploited to e.g. execute arbitrary script code within the "chrome:" context by tricking a user into visiting a malicious website.

2) Results of the "toString" method when processing function objects are not properly sanitised before being used. This can be exploited to e.g. execute arbitrary script code within the "chrome:" context by overriding the "toString" method with a specially crafted function.

The vulnerabilities are reported in versions prior to 1.04.

Solution:
Update to version 1.04.

Provided and/or discovered by:
1) pdp
2) Thor Larholm

Changelog:
2007-04-06: Updated "Solution" section.
2007-04-09: Added vulnerability #2.
2007-04-12: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
pdp:
http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/firebug-goes-evil

Thor Lalholm:
http://larholm.com/2007/04/06/more-0day-in-firebug/


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