module

Firefox Proxy Prototype Privileged Javascript Injection

Disclosed
Jan 20, 2014
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This exploit gains remote code execution on Firefox 31-34 by abusing a bug in the XPConnect
component and gaining a reference to the privileged chrome:// window. This exploit
requires the user to click anywhere on the page to trigger the vulnerability.

Platform

Firefox,Java,Linux,OSX,Solaris,Windows

Architectures

firefox, x86, x86_64, x64, mips, mipsle, mipsbe, mips64, mips64le, ppc, ppce500v2, ppc64, ppc64le, cbea, cbea64, sparc, sparc64, armle, armbe, aarch64, cmd, php, tty, java, ruby, dalvik, python, nodejs, zarch, r, riscv32be, riscv32le, riscv64be, riscv64le, loongarch64

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


msf > use exploit/multi/browser/firefox_proxy_prototype
msf exploit(firefox_proxy_prototype) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(firefox_proxy_prototype) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(firefox_proxy_prototype) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(firefox_proxy_prototype) > exploit

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