Bug 188824

Summary: CVE-2006-1734 Privilege escalation using a JavaScript function's cloned parent
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Reporter: Josh Bressers <bressers>
Component: firefoxAssignee: Christopher Aillon <caillon>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact:
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Version: 4.0CC: security-response-team
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Whiteboard: reported=20060412,source=mozilla,embargo=20060414,impact=critical
Fixed In Version: RHSA-2006-0328 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Josh Bressers 2006-04-13 03:17:34 UTC 
Privilege escalation using a JavaScript function's cloned parent


shutdown discovered it was possible to use the Object.watch() method to
access an internal function object (the "clone parent") which could then be
used to run arbitrary JavaScript code with full permission. This could be
used to install malware such as password sniffers or viruses.

In pre-release versions of Firefox 1.5 the same technique could be applied
to the Array generic methods introduced in that release.

Note: Thunderbird shares the JavaScript engine with Firefox and could be
vulnerable if JavaScript were to be enabled in mail. This is not the default
setting and we strongly discourage users from running JavaScript in mail.

Workaround

Disable JavaScript until you can upgrade to a fixed version.

References

[1]https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=313370
[2]https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=313684
Comment 2 Josh Bressers 2006-04-14 14:56:26 UTC 
Lifting embargo
Comment 4 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-04-14 15:49:59 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0328.html
Comment 5 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-04-25 13:46:49 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0328.html