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Firefox For Android World Read/Write

Firefox For Android World Read/Write
Posted Apr 10, 2013
Authored by Shuichiro Suzuki | Site fourteenforty.jp

The app_tmp directory is set to be world readable and writable by Firefox for Android. This potentially allows for third party applications to replace or alter Firefox add-ons when downloaded because they are temporarily stored in the app_tmp directory before installation.

tags | advisory
advisories | CVE-2013-0798
SHA-256 | 323e774a7be57857607c34b40f5d3df75b387103d0ff33bd02ee5880b6c397bf

Firefox For Android World Read/Write

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Fourteenforty Research Institute, Inc. Security Advisory

World read and write access to app_tmp directory
on Firefox for Android

2013/04/02
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=== Summary ===
World read and write access to app_tmp directory
on Firefox for Android allows replacing Firefox add-ons.

=== Severity ===
Middle

=== Affected Products ===
Fireforx for Android before version 20

=== Potential Security Impact ===
Information leak
Information falsification

=== Solution ===
Update Firefox for Android

=== Detailed Description ===
The app_tmp directory is set to be world readable and
writeable by Firefox for Android. This potentially allows
for third party applications to replace or alter Firefox
add-ons when downloaded because they are temporarily
stored in the app_tmp directory before installation.

== Time Table ==
2013/02/22 The vulnerability was reported to Mozilla
2013/04/02 The fixed version of Firefox for Android was released

=== Credits ===
This vulnerability was discovered by Shuichiro Suzuki of Fourteenforty Research
Institute.

=== Reference ===
CVE No. : CVE-2013-0798
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-0798

Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory :
https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-33.html

FFRI Advisory URL:
http://www.fourteenforty.jp/cgi-bin/advisory/advisory.cgi?type=release&id=FFRRA-20130402

=== About FFRI ===
Fourteenforty Research Institute (FFRI) is a leading security products
and service vendor in Japan providing innovative security software and
vulnerability research information. Our commitment is to secure our
IT-driven society by protecting information system from unpredictable
threats.

http://www.fourteenforty.jp
research-feedback@fourteenforty.jp

=== Copyright ===
2007 - 2013 Fourteenforty Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved.
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