Advisory Details

April 11th, 2014

(Pwn2Own) Mozilla Firefox Pop-Up Blocker Bypass Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2014-1511
CVSS SCORE	6.8, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	Mozilla
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Firefox
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Mozilla Firefox. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the pop-up blocker. The issue lies in the ability to forward calls to an unloaded window. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability in combination with another vulnerability to silently execute code under the context of the current process.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Mozilla has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-29.html
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2014-03-12 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2014-04-11 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Mariusz Mlynski

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