Cross-application code execution via MD5 manifest collision
Published May 14, 2024 · Updated Aug 29, 2024
Code injection in Mozilla Firefox for Android before 126 allows remote attackers to execute code in another web application's context. Manifest.sys.mjs derives manifest storage filenames from attacker-controlled application URLs with MD5, allowing a chosen collision to replace an existing manifest with attacker-controlled data. Exploitation requires user interaction to add the colliding application's manifest; desktop Firefox is unaffected, and the resulting code runs with the victim application's context.
Summary
What happened
Code injection in Mozilla Firefox for Android before 126 allows remote attackers to execute code in another web application's context. Manifest.sys.mjs derives manifest storage filenames from attacker-controlled application URLs with MD5, allowing a chosen collision to replace an existing manifest with attacker-controlled data. Exploitation requires user interaction to add the colliding application's manifest; desktop Firefox is unaffected, and the resulting code runs with the victim application's context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-4765
- Published
- May 14, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 29, 2024
- Vendor
- Mozilla
- Product
- Firefox
- Classifications
- CWE-327, T1203
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- May 14, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 29, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <126
- Affected versionversion=unspecified <126
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