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GHSA-VHJV-4VF6-MC9X

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-06-02 18:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 04:29

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.

Severity ?

8.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2023-25729 (GCVE-0-2023-25729)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-02 00:00 – Updated: 2025-01-10 17:35

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.

Severity ?

8.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

Extensions could have opened external schemes without user knowledge

Assigner

mozilla

References

URL

Tags

	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…
	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…
	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…
	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1792138

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Mozilla

Firefox

Affected: unspecified , < 110 (custom)

	Mozilla	Thunderbird	Affected: unspecified , < 102.8 (custom)
	Mozilla	Firefox ESR	Affected: unspecified , < 102.8 (custom)

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Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-VHJV-4VF6-MC9X

CVE-2023-25729 (GCVE-0-2023-25729)

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