Multiple vulnerabilities in Pale Moon

Published: 2022-11-09 | Updated: 2023-01-31

Risk	Critical
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	4
CVE-ID	CVE-2022-22760 CVE-2022-22759 CVE-2022-22756 CVE-2022-26485
CWE-ID	CWE-200 CWE-264 CWE-357 CWE-416
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	Vulnerability #4 is being exploited in the wild.
Vulnerable software	Pale Moon Client/Desktop applications / Web browsers
Vendor	Pale Moon

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 4 vulnerabilities.

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU60409

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-22760

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to the way Firefox displays error messages in cross-origin responses, when importing resources using Web Workers. A remote attacker can distinguish the difference between application/javascript responses and non-script responses and learn information cross-origin.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Pale Moon: 20.0 - 29.4.4

CPE2.3

External links

https://www.palemoon.org/releasenotes.shtml

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Sandbox restrictions bypass

EUVDB-ID: #VU60406

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-22759

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to the way iframes are handled by the browser. If a document created a sandboxed iframe without allow-scripts, and subsequently appended an element to the iframe's document that e.g. had a JavaScript event handler - the event handler would have run despite the iframe's sandbox.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Pale Moon: 20.0 - 29.4.4

CPE2.3

External links

https://www.palemoon.org/releasenotes.shtml

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

3) Insufficient UI Warning of Dangerous Operations

EUVDB-ID: #VU60398

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-22756

CWE-ID: CWE-357 - Insufficient UI Warning of Dangerous Operations

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability exists due to browser fails to properly identify a malicious file during drag and drop operations. A remote attacker can trick the victim to drag and drop an image to their desktop or other folder and change the resulting object into an executable script which will be executed after the user clicked on it.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Pale Moon: 20.0 - 29.4.4

CPE2.3

External links

https://www.palemoon.org/releasenotes.shtml

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

4) Use-after-free

EUVDB-ID: #VU61032

Risk: Critical

CVSSv4.0: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Red]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-26485

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when processing XSLT parameter. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted web page, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Pale Moon: 20.0 - 29.4.4

CPE2.3

External links

https://www.palemoon.org/releasenotes.shtml

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

Yes. This vulnerability is being exploited in the wild.