CVE-2013-0776 Security feature bypass in n/a

Medium 4.0 Published Updated

Man-in-the-middle attackers can spoof the address bar in Firefox and Thunderbird via a malicious proxy, facilitating phishing attacks.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2013-0776?

CVE-2013-0776 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 19 Feb 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Mozilla Firefox before 19.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.3, Thunderbird before 17.0.3, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.16 allow man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof the address bar by operating a proxy server that provides a 407 HTTP status code accompanied by web script, as demonstrated by a phishing attack on an HTTPS site.

Weakness: CWE-295

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-0776?

It affects 12 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Seamonkey, Mozilla Thunderbird, Mozilla Thunderbird Esr and 6 more.

How do I fix CVE-2013-0776?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2013-0776 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-0776 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-rm2m-chmf-gp2r.

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