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ghsa-vhjv-4vf6-mc9x

Vulnerability from github

Published

2023-06-02 18:30

Modified

2024-04-04 04:29

Severity ?

8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Permission prompts for opening external schemes were only shown for ContentPrincipals resulting in extensions being able to open them without user interaction via ExpandedPrincipals. This could lead to further malicious actions such as downloading files or interacting with software already installed on the system. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 110, Thunderbird < 102.8, and Firefox ESR < 102.8.

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  },
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  "id": "GHSA-vhjv-4vf6-mc9x",
  "modified": "2024-04-04T04:29:54Z",
  "published": "2023-06-02T18:30:18Z",
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    },
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-05"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-06"
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}

cve-2023-25729

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2023-06-02 00:00

Modified

2024-08-02 11:32

Severity ?

Summary

Permission prompts for opening external schemes were only shown for <code>ContentPrincipals</code> resulting in extensions being able to open them without user interaction via <code>ExpandedPrincipals</code>. This could lead to further malicious actions such as downloading files or interacting with software already installed on the system. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 110, Thunderbird < 102.8, and Firefox ESR < 102.8.

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-06/
	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-05/
	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-07/
	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1792138

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	Mozilla	Firefox
	Mozilla	Thunderbird
	Mozilla	Firefox ESR

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Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

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Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.

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